An Ontario man has been arrested and charged after border agency officers seized multiple illegal 3D-printed firearms at mail and cargo facilities in the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the arrest of 33-year-old Reza Nezamabadi from Aurora, Ont., on Jan. 6, following the discovery last year of packages containing firearm devices and 3D printing equipment used to build AR-15 style semi-automatic firearms.
The operation began when CBSA officers at international mail and cargo processing facilities in Mississauga and Vancouver intercepted multiple suspicious packages, the border agency said. These “falsely declared” packages, containing prohibited firearm devices and 3D printing equipment, were all destined for the same address in the York Region….