Montrealer admits to smuggling guns from Vermont into Quebec

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Montreal man has admitted to smuggling handguns from the United States into Canada, including some that were left in a library that straddles the border of Vermont and Quebec.
Authorities say 40-year-old Alexis Vlachos, of Montreal, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Burlington. He could be sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Court documents say that between 2010 and 2011, Vlachos worked with others to get about 100 handguns purchased from dealers in Florida into Ca