Overview
- The prosecution says the case falls under DOJ’s Operation Take Back America and identifies Jashanpreet Singh as founder of the Stockton-based Punjabi Devils linked to the Hells Angels.
- During a June 6, 2025 undercover operation, Singh attempted to sell a short-barreled rifle, three assault weapons, three machine-gun conversion devices, and a revolver.
- A search of his Lodi home uncovered a machine gun, another conversion device, a silencer, high-capacity magazines, and explosives that the county bomb squad destroyed at the scene.
- After skipping a July 2025 state court hearing, he was arrested at San Francisco International Airport when CBP alerted the FBI that he had booked a flight to India.
- He remains in federal custody awaiting a May 11, 2026 sentencing before Judge Dale A. Drozd, facing maximum penalties of up to 15 years in prison and significant fines.