{"id":481023,"date":"2026-02-17T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/481023\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:24:13","slug":"jail-time-for-toronto-man-after-gun-parts-from-china-show-up-in-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/481023\/","title":{"rendered":"Jail time for Toronto man after gun parts from China show up in Mississauga\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Toronto man has been sentenced to one year in jail and given a lifetime firearms ban after gun parts sent from China were intercepted by Canadian border services officers at a mail processing facility in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>The firearm parts arrived in two packages in early 2024 and were destined for an address in the Scarborough area of Toronto, the Canada Border Services Agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Agency officials said the investigation, conducted by the CBSA\u2019s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team, began after the packages were seized by officers at the International Mail Processing Centre on Dixie Road in Mississauga, near Toronto Pearson Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Border services investigators, with help from Toronto Police, subsequently executed search warrants at a Toronto home on April 24, 2024, the CBSA said in a news release on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A man was arrested at the time, the agency added.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaal Shaquille McCallum, of Toronto, pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to:<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771345452_305_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>One count of possession of ammunition contrary to a prohibition order.<br \/>\nTwo counts of possession of prohibited devices contrary to a prohibition order.<br \/>\nOne count of unauthorized possession of a prohibited device knowing its possession is unauthorized.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice to 12 months\u2019 imprisonment and 24 months\u2019 probation, and was issued a lifetime firearms ban, the CBSA said.<\/p>\n<p>Agency officials said the CBSA \u201cis keeping Canadian communities safe by intercepting firearms and illegal weapons from entering Canada. Firearms, firearm parts and weapons are high-risk commodities and the identification of illicit movement and interdiction of these commodities is an enforcement priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CBSA\u2019s Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team is a group of criminal investigators, intelligence analysts and intelligence officers that\u2019s \u201cdedicated solely to investigating firearms smuggling throughout Ontario,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 66,328 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,228,540 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2446 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Toronto man has been sentenced to one year in jail and given a lifetime firearms ban after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-481023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}