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<\/p>\nPhoto shows some of the guns seized by the Canada Border Services Agency during an investigation earlier this year. (Photo: Canada Border Services Agency)<\/p>\n
Police uncovered a stash of firearms, ammunition and other items on Canada\u2019s East Coast following the seizure of a gun silencer at a mail processing facility in Mississauga.<\/p>\n
Canada Border Services Agency officers also arrested a Yarmouth, Nova Scotia man in connection with their investigation, which began after CBSA officers at the International Mail Processing Centre on Dixie Road, near Toronto Pearson Airport, intercepted the \u201cprohibited firearm suppressor.\u201d<\/p>\n
The gun part was destined for a Yarmouth residential address, the federal law enforcement agency said on Thursday. The CBSA in Mississauga then handed off the investigation to their colleagues in Halifax.<\/p>\n
As their investigation continued, CBSA officers, with help from members of the agency\u2019s intelligence squad and the RCMP, executed a search warrant at the Yarmouth home on Feb. 25, 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the search of the residence, officers located and seized multiple unsecured firearms, as well as a homemade suppressor and many rounds of ammunition,\u201d the Canada Border Services Agency said this week.<\/p>\n
A man was also arrested at the home, police added.<\/p>\n
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During their search, officers seized:<\/p>\n
13 long guns
\nfour shotguns
\ntwo handguns
\nthree Possession and Acquisition Licence cards
\none cellphone
\nfirearm ammunition
\n17 firearms magazines
\none prohibited knife
\none homemade firearm suppressor
\ntwo firearm barrels<\/p>\n
The RCMP\u2019s National Weapons Enforcement Support Team provided \u201cexpert analysis on the firearms and devices that were seized,\u201d the CBSA said.<\/p>\n
Ian Pierre Surette, 25, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, faces 16 charges related to smuggling and various firearms-related offences, police said. The charges were laid on July 23.<\/p>\n
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The accused was released on conditions to not possess firearms, prohibited weapons or ammunition. He\u2019s scheduled to appear in court again on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n
Dominic Mallette, the CBSA\u2019s regional director general for the Atlantic Region, said Canada Border Services Agency officers are \u201cCanada\u2019s first line of defence against the illegal smuggling of prohibited firearms, weapons and devices into Canada. Working with partners, they are safeguarding our borders and our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n