This was the first prosecution under The Trade in Goods (Control) Order of a British arms dealer for conducting an illegal sale of 130 MPT 9 machine guns in the Middle East. The order came into force in May 2004 and was designed to prevent the uncontrolled movement of arms by British nationals outside the UK.

The defendant was an established arms dealer who had brokered a deal between an arms manufacturer based in Tehran and an agency in Kuwait. The $120,000 deal was arranged after his application for a licence was turned down in November 2006. It transpired that he had laid a paper trail to make it look as though he had pulled out of the deal but it went ahead and was intercepted in Kuwait.