Wouldn't he have excellent deniability? He could paint himself as a patriotic freedom fighter who knew nothing about where his organization's weapons were coming from.
"Xepolite, Kressari or Yridian cargo manifests? Lies, vicious lies, and statistics! Forgeries by foreign powers! Let's keep this Bajoran, my fellow Bajorans, and judge me by what I did for this planet, not by how this meddling foreign alien scum wants to blackpaint me. I will go to jail for the greater good of this planet. And after my two-week sentence is up, I will run for office again, with the full support of my dear, dear friend Winn who by the way is completely innocent of any wrongdoing or involvement in this, even though she of course is a solid patriot like me, and a trustworthy politician. And beautiful to boot."
Timo Saloniemi