A 30-year-old Windsor man will appear in court on Monday after a Canada Border Services Agency investigation into gun smuggling.
In May and June, border officials in Windsor, Toronto, and Montreal intercepted four parcels containing gun parts and tools to make guns. The parcels were all imported from the U.S. and were destined for the same address in Windsor.
In July, the CBSA Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at the home and seized 48 firearms, 30 prohibited auto sears used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns, different firearm parts, and 175 magazines, of which 104 were prohibited.
The 30-year-old suspect faces a count each of smuggling a controlled or regulated device, smuggling a prohibited device, unauthorized importation of a prohibited device, and attempt to manufacture a firearm. He faces two counts of possession of a prohibited device without a license, three counts of improper storage of a firearm, and three counts of possession of a firearm at a place other than indicated on a license.
