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After authorities seized 13 firearms from a storage unit in UK’s Northampton town, a dark web gun trafficker was sentenced to over 15 years in prison.
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The defendant entered guilty pleas to multiple counts of possessing illegal firearms, intending to use them for criminal purposes.
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Tadas Diksas was arrested soon after he assaulted and shot an unsuspecting victim who had mobility impairments in Northamptonshire.
Tadas Diksas, the former resident of Fitzgerald Road, Little Billing, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on Friday, October 31, after pleading guilty to possessing prohibited firearms for sale or transfer, possessing a firearm with the intention of causing fear of violence, unlawful wounding, and possession of ammunition without the authority of a firearm certificate.
Tadas Diksas’ Offense and Judgment
According to a local news outlet, Northampton Chronicle & Echo, Diksas’s crime began to be unraveled on January 24, 2025. On that day, he headed to a Northampton storage unit to pick up second-hand clothing he planned to sell legally.
Coincidentally, another man, who was a stranger to Diksas, arrived at the same location and engaged in the same line of legal business.
However, as stated by a spokeswoman of the Northamptonshire Police, “Diksas saw the stranger as a competitor and attacked the man with his pistol, shooting a round.” Thankfully, the gunshot missed the victim, but it still left him hospitalized with a head injury.
“Soon after Diksas drove away from the crime scene, police officers located him and arrested him,” the spokeswoman said.
Following his arrest, they found 13 firearms and an amount of ammunition, together with 11 Atak Arms Stalker, a Škorpion machine pistol loaded with 120 live rounds, a Kervan Arms pistol, and one smoke grenade.
Police noted that while all of the pistols originally had blocked barrels, he had reportedly removed them all. Officers added that all of the pistols had their serial numbers removed.
Also, the officers found Diksa’s DNA on the triggers of one of the guns, and uncovered a bullet press, a gun cleaning kit, and a vacuum sealer while searching his home.
After thoroughly reviewing his phone, officers discovered that Diksas was a member of a large Lithuanian chat group primarily focused on firearms. The team also noted that he had been attempting to purchase 9mm ammunition from Ukraine. His device also showed that Diksas had researched how to purchase firearms on the dark web.
Law Enforcement Comment on the Matter
Tadas Diksas, lead investigator, and Detective Sergeant Keith Morson from Northamptonshire Police’s SOCT also commented on the sentencing. They explained that Diksas is an extremely violent person who possesses a huge arsenal of illicit and dangerous weapons in large quantities.
Sergeant Keith expressed gratitude for the lengthy jail sentence given to Tadas Diksas, stating that it would protect the community from the deadly weapons he possessed.
He further added that his sentencing should hopefully give the victim some sense of closure and justice.
Northamptonshire Police SOCT’s Detective Inspector Carrie Powers also commented, stating that the sentencing for firearms crimes shows the extent to which law enforcement agents will chase down anyone who introduces firearms onto the streets.
Judge Lucking, the presiding judge over the case, described Diksas as an “illicit arms dealer who ran a dangerous and clandestine business.” She sentenced Tadas Diksas to 15 years and nine months in jail.
