April 15, 2026
Ottawa, Ontario<\/p>\n
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) laid multiple charges against two individuals on March 18, 2026, after seizing several firearms and prohibited weapons from a residence in Ottawa, Ontario.<\/p>\n
The investigation began in January 2025 when CBSA officers at the International Mail Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario seized a prohibited conductive energy weapon, commonly referred to as a stun gun, from a package destined for a residence in Ottawa.<\/p>\n
On April 29, 2025, the CBSA\u2019s Criminal Investigations Section executed a search warrant at the residence with support from the Ottawa Police Service. During the search warrant, officers found and seized:<\/p>\n
three firearms
\n two prohibited knives
\n five brass knuckles
\n two conductive energy weapons (stun guns)
\n forged documents <\/p>\n
The investigation was supported by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Specialized Firearms Support Services. As a result of the investigation, two residents of Ottawa have been charged with the following offences.<\/p>\n
Denis Laurin, 53, has been charged with:<\/p>\n
Smuggling, contrary to s.159(1) of the Customs Act
\n Two counts of possession of a controlled substance, contrary to s.4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
\n Attempt to commit forgery, contrary to s.24(1) of the Criminal Code
\n Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm without a licence, contrary to s.92(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a non-restricted firearm without a licence, contrary to s.92(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm without a registration certificate, contrary to s.92(1)(b) of the Criminal Code
\n Nine counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, device or ammunition knowing its possession is unauthorized, contrary to s.92(2) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, contrary to s.95(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, contrary to s.95(1)(b) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of computer data, contrary to s.102.1(1) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a forged document, contrary to s.368(1)(d) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of material intended to commit forgery, contrary to s.368.1 of the Criminal Code <\/p>\n
Michel Laurin, 54, has been charged with:<\/p>\n
Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm without a licence, contrary to s.92(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a non-restricted firearm without a licence, contrary to s.92(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm without a registration certificate, contrary to s.92(1)(b) of the Criminal Code
\n Nine counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, device or ammunition knowing its possession is unauthorized, contrary to s.92(2) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, contrary to s.95(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
\n Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, contrary to s.95(1)(b) of the Criminal Code <\/p>\n
The charges have not yet been tested or proven in court. The accused are scheduled to appear in court on June 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 15, 2026Ottawa, Ontario The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) laid multiple charges against two individuals on March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3945,1518,4570,4569,3408,3410,3409,61,4568,3407],"class_list":{"0":"post-7984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ottawa","8":"tag-border-crossing","9":"tag-canada-border-services-agency","10":"tag-drug-and-tobacco-crime","11":"tag-firearm","12":"tag-general-public","13":"tag-hon-gary-anandasangaree","14":"tag-news-releases","15":"tag-ottawa","16":"tag-screening-goods-at-the-border","17":"tag-securing-the-border"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}