{"id":839156,"date":"2026-07-31T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839156\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:16:09","slug":"man-faces-multiple-firearms-charges-after-searches-in-coquitlam-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839156\/","title":{"rendered":"Man faces multiple firearms charges after searches in Coquitlam, Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Coquitlam man is facing several firearms-related charges following a lengthy investigation by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia\u2019s (CFSEU-BC) Illegal Firearm Enforcement Team (IFET).<\/p>\n<p>Police said a 35-year-old man became the subject of an arrest warrant in June as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>On July 16, investigators executed search warrants at properties in Coquitlam and Surrey in connection with the warrant.<\/p>\n<p>During the searches, officers seized two firearms: a Beretta 92FS .22-calibre handgun and a Beretta M9A3 9 mm handgun.<\/p>\n<p>The man has been charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Two counts of possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm without the required authorization, licence and registration certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm at a location not authorized\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two counts of improperly storing a restricted firearm\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The accused remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Coquitlam man is facing several firearms-related charges following a lengthy investigation by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-839156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839156","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=839156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}