A Chilliwack, B.C., man has been arrested for allegedly importing a weapons cache of almost 1,400 prohibited weapons brought into the country illegally from China.
A Feb. 27 news release issued by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) indicated that in January, border guards at the Vancouver International Airport intercepted several large parcels, destined for addresses in Chilliwack.
The parcels were imported from China using a false declaration and contained “large quantities of prohibited weapons,” according to the CBSA.
An investigation team arrested a suspect on Jan. 25 for alleged offences under the Customs Act and the Criminal Code, and found a number of prohibited weapons and firearms during the arrest….