
NRP part of joint effort with American officials, they arrested a 24-year old Hamilton man
Niagara regional police were part of a team effort to stop guns and prohibited devices from illegally being brought into Canada.
It was last month that they, along with provincial police and American law enforcement, began looking into alleged importing of guns and devices from the US to Canada.
On Wednesday, April 16th, police arrested 24-year old Daniel Menezes of Hamilton, while in Burlington, charging him with 19 criminal code offences:
- Import a firearm knowing it's unauthorized - two counts
- Unauthorized importation of a firearm - two counts
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device - two counts
- Possession of a firearm knowing it was unauthorized - two counts
- Possession of a prohibited device knowing it was unauthorized - two counts
- Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition - two counts
- Import a prohibited device knowing it's unauthorized
- Import components for the use in making automatic firearms knowing it's unauthorized
- Unauthorized importation of a prohibited device
- Unauthorized importation of components for use in the making of automatic firearms
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
- Possession of a prohibited weapon
He remains in custody and appears in Milton court on Wednesday.