Federal agents searched a shipment at a Miami freight warehouse and found nine rifles, six pistols, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and dozens of firearm components hidden inside household cargo bound for Suriname. The discovery has landed Bidjaikoemar “Jerry” Nanhoe in federal custody, facing charges of smuggling goods from the United States, delivering firearms to a common carrier without notice, and trafficking in firearms.
According to the Miami Herald, the shipment consisted of four plastic storage bins, two coolers and a chair, none of which were declared as containing firearms on the shipping paperwork. Nanhoe had listed the cargo simply as “general cargo 4 hdx box, 2 cooler, 1 chair” on the declaration form, the paper reports. Investigators say the reality inside those containers was far different: nine rifles, six pistols, 18 unfinished, unserialized AR-type lower receivers, 14 complete AR-type upper receivers, 5,140 rounds of ammunition, 59 magazines and other firearm parts.
Homeland Security Investigations opened the investigation with the ATF and Miami Beach Police, according to the Herald. Nanhoe arrived in Miami on August 25, 2026, on Surinam Airways Flight 421, and investigators tracked his activity in South Florida before the shipment was searched.
Tracing the Path From Weston to a Miami Warehouse
Investigators traced the cargo to Seven Winds Shipping, a freight-forwarding operation at 8160 NW 71st Street in Miami, after Nanhoe traveled from a Weston storage facility with about seven pieces of cargo, the Herald reported. The shipping paperwork identified Nanhoe Enterprise as the entity sending and receiving the shipment.
What the Record Shows About Similar Exports
The verified material available for this article does not establish how often the Justice Department or Homeland Security Investigations have prosecuted alleged illegal firearm exports from South Florida to Suriname or other Caribbean destinations since 2020. Homeland Security Investigations describes weapons trafficking as the movement of weapons and components out of the United States without the required permissions or licenses, according to HSI. A separate South Florida-to-Haiti case involved an alleged 2021 shipment of 20 ballistic vests tied to an alleged assassination plot, rather than the firearms-and-ammunition shipment to Suriname described here, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. That case is not evidence of a connection to Nanhoe's prosecution.
Investigators also allege that Nanhoe bought ammunition and ammunition canisters at PJ Armory in Coconut Creek and put the canisters inside white coolers intended for the shipment, according to the Herald. The account also reported that he bought tools at a Home Depot in Davie.
Ghost Gun Parts Fit a Growing National Pattern
The 18 unfinished AR-type lower receivers can be used to assemble privately made firearms commonly known as ghost guns, the Herald reported. Law enforcement recoveries of these unserialized weapons rose 1,588% nationwide between 2017 and 2023, with more than 92,700 recovered, according to Everytown Research & Policy. A federal rule concerning unfinished frame-and-receiver parts kits was proposed in May 2021.
United Nations anti-crime assessments have examined firearms trafficking in Haiti, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The article also discusses tracing recovered illegal firearms.
Federal Statutes Carry Steep Penalties
Nanhoe faces charges under 18 U.S.C. § 554. He also faces a charge under 18 U.S.C. § 922(e).
The complaint also lists a charge under 18 U.S.C. § 933. The complaint against Nanhoe was filed by HSI Special Agent Jason Carmona on September 4, 2026, and the Herald reports Carmona has served as an HSI special agent since 2021. Carmona has said the affidavit does not represent every fact known to law enforcement, according to the same reporting.
Bond Set but Nebbia Hold Keeps Him Held
U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres granted a request to continue Nanhoe's pretrial detention proceeding on September 11 in Miami, and Nanhoe remained in federal custody afterward, the Herald reports. Prosecutors and defense attorney David A. Howard, who represented Nanhoe at that hearing, stipulated to a $250,000 corporate surety bond — but that bond is subject to a Nebbia requirement, with release dependent on detailed financial documentation. Howard declined to comment on the case, the Herald reports. A report re counsel hearing is scheduled for September 22 at 1:30 p.m. in Miami.
Public filings do not identify where Nanhoe obtained the completed firearms or who the intended recipient in Suriname was, according to the Herald's reporting.
