{"id":934827,"date":"2026-10-16T05:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934827\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:50:14","slug":"prohibited-firearm-suppressor-intercepted-in-mississauga-leads-to-16-charges-against-nova-scotia-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/934827\/","title":{"rendered":"Prohibited firearm suppressor intercepted in Mississauga leads to 16 charges against Nova Scotia man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/seized_by_CBSA.jpg\" alt=\"Prohibited firearm suppressor intercepted in Mississauga leads to 16 charges against Nova Scotia man  \" class=\"mb-6 h-auto w-full image-video-aspect rounded-lg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A package intercepted by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) officers has led to smuggling 16 firearm-related charges against a 25-year-old man from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began when CBSA officers at the International Mail Processing Centre in Mississauga discovered a prohibited firearm suppressor in a package destined for Ian Pierre Surette\u2019s residence in Yarmouth. A firearm suppressor is a device designed to reduce the sound of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>Following the seizure, CBSA investigators, with assistance from the RCMP, executed a search warrant at Surette\u2019s residence on February 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p>During the search, officers seized 13 long guns, four shotguns, two handguns, 17 firearm magazines, a prohibited knife, ammunition and a homemade firearm suppressor, along with other items.<\/p>\n<p>Surette was arrested and later released under conditions prohibiting him from possessing firearms, prohibited weapons or ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>On July 23, 2026, Surette was charged with 16 offences, including smuggling, unsafe storage of firearms, possession of prohibited weapons and importing a prohibited device.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to appear in Yarmouth Provincial Court on October 26, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A package intercepted by the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) officers has led to smuggling 16 firearm-related charges&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-934827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934827","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=934827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}