26-year-old Jashanpreet Singh, an Indian-origin man from Lodi in California, was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport as he was trying to flee to India, US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California, said. Singh, the founder of Punjabi Devils Motorcycle Club, has been charged with unlawful dealing of firearms, unlawful possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle. Punjabi Devils is a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle gang associated with the Hells Angels. Court documents said Singh attempted b, a Stockton based outlaw motorcycle gang (OMG) associated with the Hells Angels. On June 6, 2025, Singh attempted to sell several weapons to an undercover officer, including a short-barreled rifle, three other assault weapons, three machine gun conversion devices, and a revolver on June 6 this year. This led to a raid on his residence, resulting in the discoveryt of additional firearms, including a machine gun, a machine gun conversion device and a silencer.Officers also discovered a single “pineapple”-style capped and fused hand grenade, as well as what law enforcement believed was a military electronic-capped “claymore” mine. On July 21, Singh failed to appear in court, and the state court issued a bench warrant for his arrest. On July 23, the FBI received an alert from the US Customs and Border Protection that Singh had booked a ticket to India and was scheduled to depart from the San Francisco International Airport on July 26. Officers located and arrested Singh at the airport before he could flee. If convicted of unlawful dealing in firearms, Singh faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. If convicted of possession and transfer of a machine gun, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and if convicted of unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
