Smuggling charges laid against Manitoba man after guns stolen from the U.S.: RCMP - BERITAJA

A 73-year-old Manitoba man is facing charges connected some sides of the separator after allegedly stealing a handgun from a Minnesota gun show, the provincial constabulary said.

He was astatine the airdrome trying to time off the United States pinch the firearm erstwhile he was arrested. The stolen handgun was taken from his container by the section sheriff’s office, according to a news merchandise from the RCMP.

The man was charged pinch felony theft successful the U.S. and returned location to Canada aft posting bail precocious past month, the constabulary said.

Weeks later, connected April 15, officers searched the accused’s Dauphin-area location and recovered 7 firearms, astatine slightest 2 of which were believed to beryllium stolen from the United States.

As a result, the fishy is facing a slew of firearms and gun-smuggling related charges, constabulary said.

He is charged pinch weapons trafficking, importing weapons knowing they are unauthorized, possessing a limb pinch the knowledge that owning it is forbidden and unsafe retention of firearms, according to the RCMP.