The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has laid 16 charges against a Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (NS) resident following an investigation which began at the International Mail Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
In total, CBSA officers seized:
- thirteen long guns;
- four shotguns;
- two hand guns;
- three Possession and Acquisition License cards;
- one cellphone;
- firearm ammunition;
- seventeen firearms magazines;
- one prohibited knife;
- one homemade firearm suppressor; and
- two firearm barrels.
On July 23, 2026, the CBSA Criminal Investigations Section laid the following charges under the Customs Act and Criminal Code:
- Customs Act – S. 159(1) – Smuggling (one count)
- Criminal Code – S. 86(1) – Careless Use – Firearm (three counts)
- Criminal Code – S. 86(2) – Unsafe Storage – Firearm (three counts)
- Criminal Code – S. 91(1) – Possession Prohibited Firearm (two counts)
- Criminal Code – S. 91(2) – Possession Prohibited Device (one count)
- Criminal Code – S. 92(1) – Possession Prohibited Firearm While Knowing (two counts)
- Criminal Code – S. 92(2) – Possession Prohibited Device While Knowing (one count)
- Criminal Code – S. 95(1) – Possession Prohibited Firearm with Ammunition (one count)
- Criminal Code – S. 103(1)(a) – Importation Prohibited Device (one count)
- Criminal Code – S. 104(1)(a) – Importation Prohibited Device while Knowing (one count)
Please visit this link for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2026/10/cbsa-charges-yarmouth-ns-man-with-smuggling-and-firearm-related-offences.html