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RCMP Federal Policing – Eastern Region charges St. John’s man after CBSA intercepts prohibited device being imported into Canada

On November 6, 2025, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) alerted investigators at the RCMP’s Atlantic Serious and Organized Crime unit in St. John’s that CBSA officers at the International Mail Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario had intercepted a package from an international shipper destined for St. John’s. The package contained a device prohibited under the Criminal Code.

On Wednesday, June 24, RCMP Federal Policing – Eastern Region charged a St John's resident with:

  • Unauthorized Importing or Exporting (Criminal Code)
  • Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device – two counts (Criminal Code)
  • Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon – five counts (Criminal Code)
  • Possession of a Substance - Schedule III (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act)
  • Keeping, Acquiring or Disposing of Goods Illegally Imported (Customs Act)
  • Smuggling into Canada (Customs Act)

Please visit this link for more information: https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2026/06/rcmp-federal-policing--eastern-region-charges-st-johns-man-after-cbsa-intercepts-prohibited-device-being-imported-into-canada.html 

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