The Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that officers executed a search warrant in West Kelowna on April 27 in connection with contraband firearms parts and discovered a 3D printing machine in the process of printing a gun frame. The agency says six complete gun frames, all without serial numbers, were seized from the property. The CBSA says it searched a property in Lumby, BC, the next day and seized a loaded 9mm handgun without a serial number, nine unrestricted long guns, a prohibited knife, a stun gun and four cartridges of ammunition. It says the two men arrested during the raids have been released pending further enquiries. In July, a Winnipeg man was arrested and charged with several offenses related to the manufacture and trafficking of a 3D-printed gun and gun parts. A few months earlier, police in Saskatoon charged a man with making restricted firearms using 3D-printed parts. It is illegal to manufacture guns or gun frames without a firearms license in Canada. Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino says in a statement that “ghost weapons,” which do not have serial numbers, pose a “serious danger” because they are easy to manufacture and difficult to trace. Smuggling firearms in Canada is punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
