The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has arrested and charged a resident of Brampton, Ontario, with multiple firearm-related offences following an investigation by the CBSA’s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team (OFSET).
Border services officers at the CBSA’s commercial operations facility in Mississauga, Ontario, intercepted a parcel originating from the United States on July 23, 2026. Upon examination, border services officers seized two complete firearms suppressors.
On September 24, 2026, the OFSET executed a search warrant resulting in the seizure of:
- Three non-restricted firearms;
- One prohibited suppressor, which was attached to one of the firearms;
- Digital devices; and
- Ammunition.
The accused was arrested and charged by the CBSA with:
- One count of smuggling prohibited devices (suppressors), s. 159 (1) Customs Act;
- One count of importing prohibited devices while knowing unauthorized (suppressors), s. 103 (1)(a) Criminal Code;
- One count of possession of a prohibited device knowing he was not the holder of a licence under which he may possess it, s. 92(2) Criminal Code;
- One count of unsafe display of a non-restricted firearm, s. 86(2) Criminal Code, and s. 117(h) of the Firearms Act.
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