Straw purchaser sentenced to 12-25 years in state prison
A Delaware County man who pleaded guilty to purchasing firearms later used in violent crimes in Philadelphia has been sentenced to a significant term in state prison, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced today.
Tahir Zahir, of Sharon Hill, was sentenced today by Judge Stephen A. Corr to 12 to 25 years in state prison, followed by a consecutive sentence of two years of probation.
Zahir, 30, pleaded guilty in August to felony charges of dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, making false statements on firearm purchase forms, unlawful sales of firearms, sales to an ineligible transferee, firearm ownership – duty of other persons, and criminal conspiracy. He was charged in December 2024 for his role as a “straw purchaser,” which involves buying a firearm for someone legally prohibited from owning one.
The investigation discovered that Zahir purchased a total of 14 firearms between August 8, 2018, and June 23, 2023. These purchases took place at gun stores across Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, including six firearms purchased at Auger Precision Firearms in Croydon and one from The Bunker Gun Shop II in Chalfont.
