USA – Police nabbed a convicted drug dealer recently when he tried to buy a handgun at the Tri County Gun Show in York, Pennsylvania.
Police arrested Joseph Vieira, 41, after the fugitive tried to buy a 9mm pistol from an exhibitor.
Vieira, who told police he was buying the gun for his wife, falsely answered ‘No’ on a police gun-purchasing form where asked if he had ever been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year. According to police, he was sentenced to 10 to 23 months in prison in 1999 after pleading guilty of drug dealing.
Police escorted Vierra to his breakout room in York County Prison.
