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Two live grenades, sets of body armour and more than 100 firearms were seized in a police raid in Spallumcheen Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

Live grenades and over 100 firearms seized in North Okanagan police raid

A 38-year-old Spallumcheen man was arrested and remanded in custody

 

An SUV got stuck trying to back out of a garage too quickly as RCMP officers moved in to make arrests in Maple Ridge after police had followed a suspect vehicle from Langley. (Langley RCMP/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Garage door pins suspects as Langley, Ridge Meadows RCMP move in for arrest

Officers seized guns, stolen goods, and a radio jamming device

 

One man was arrested and an alleged 3D-printed firearms operation has been shut down and seized in Prince George. (CFSEU handout)

Alleged 3D-printed gun operation taken down by police in Prince George

1 man was arrested and later released

 

Unclear yet, whether anyone was injured in a collision in the 19600-block of 80th Avenue on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, right on the border between Langley and Surrey. (Shane McKichan/Special to Langley Advance Times)

UPDATED: Christmas Day crash in Lower Mainland likely connected to other crime

Details of early evening incident on Langley-Surrey border sketchy, but multiple vehicles involved

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Unclear yet, whether anyone was injured in a collision in the 19600-block of 80th Avenue on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, right on the border between Langley and Surrey. (Shane McKichan/Special to Langley Advance Times)
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Window shattered in moving B.C. car after shots fired from black Infiniti

Victim’s passenger window was broken while driving through New Westminster

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This photo released by the Lewiston Maine Police Department shows Robert Card, who police have identified as a person of interest in connection to mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. ( Lewiston Maine Police Department via AP)

Thousands of Mainers still under lockdown order as hunt continues for Robert Card, Maine mass shooting suspect

Thousands of Mainers were still under lockdown orders Friday morning as law…

This photo released by the Lewiston Maine Police Department shows Robert Card, who police have identified as a person of interest in connection to mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. ( Lewiston Maine Police Department via AP)
B.C.’s anti-gang police agency, CFSEU-BC, is searching for 31-year-old Adrian Picketts-Yoxall, who has been charged with numerous offences related to the manufacturing of firearms. (Photo courtesy of CFSEU-BC)

B.C. man wanted on charges of 3D printing firearms

Police allege Adrian Picketts-Yoxall, 31, was building guns in his Kamloops home

B.C.’s anti-gang police agency, CFSEU-BC, is searching for 31-year-old Adrian Picketts-Yoxall, who has been charged with numerous offences related to the manufacturing of firearms. (Photo courtesy of CFSEU-BC)
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Gun charges dropped after Charter challenge in Langley domestic violence case

Police found loaded rifle, pistol in home of man with lengthy criminal record

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
From left: Staff Sgt. Baltej Dhillon, program manager for CFSEU’s crime guns investigative and intelligence group, and Provincial Forensic Firearms Lab manager Daisy Wong during a media briefing Tuesday (July 11, 2023) warning the public, parents and their children of the dangers of 3D printers. (Lauren Collins)

‘Absolutely scary’: B.C. police warn of dangers in creating 3D-printed guns

Anti-gang agency says firearms may look like harmless toys, but can pose a real threat

From left: Staff Sgt. Baltej Dhillon, program manager for CFSEU’s crime guns investigative and intelligence group, and Provincial Forensic Firearms Lab manager Daisy Wong during a media briefing Tuesday (July 11, 2023) warning the public, parents and their children of the dangers of 3D printers. (Lauren Collins)
Some of the 3D printed ghost guns seized in Operation Centaure are displayed during a news conference in Montreal, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The multi force operation seized 440 guns including 71 3D printed ghost guns across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Police arrest 45, seize 440 weapons in Canada-wide ghost gun raids

Search warrants executed in 8 provinces targeting 3D-printed guns bound for crime

Some of the 3D printed ghost guns seized in Operation Centaure are displayed during a news conference in Montreal, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The multi force operation seized 440 guns including 71 3D printed ghost guns across Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
3D printed gun components seized along with drugs and other gun parts in CFSEU raids in 2021 in Abbotsford and Aldergrove. (CFSEU-BC/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

3D printed gun parts seized in raids in Aldergrove, Abbotsford

A 33-year-old Aldergrove man faces drug and firearms charges

3D printed gun components seized along with drugs and other gun parts in CFSEU raids in 2021 in Abbotsford and Aldergrove. (CFSEU-BC/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
An American man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle firearms into Canada through the Pacific Highway border. (CBSA photo)

30-month jail term for U.S. man caught with firearms at Canada border

Jonathan Ressler was arrested in March at the Pacific Highway crossing in South Surrey

An American man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle firearms into Canada through the Pacific Highway border. (CBSA photo)
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‘If that had been real bullets I would be dead on the sidewalk’: Kelowna airsoft gun attack victim

The attack happened the evening of April 28

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Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada announces first step of firearm buyback program, targeting industry

Mendicino did not provide further details while announcing the program at a news conference

Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
(L-R) Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam MP Ron McKinnon, Ridge Meadows RCMP Supt. Wendy Mehat, Mission acting Mayor Ken Herar, Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Public Safety Pam Damoff, School District 42 chairperson Elaine Yamamoto, and assistant commissioner and Lower Mainland district commander Maureen Levy all helped announce nearly $4.7 million in funding for Fraser Valley communities. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Fraser Valley communities receive nearly $4.7 million in federal funding to fight gun violence

This BSCF money is aimed at helping protect at-risk youths from gang activity

(L-R) Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam MP Ron McKinnon, Ridge Meadows RCMP Supt. Wendy Mehat, Mission acting Mayor Ken Herar, Maple Ridge Mayor Dan Ruimy, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Public Safety Pam Damoff, School District 42 chairperson Elaine Yamamoto, and assistant commissioner and Lower Mainland district commander Maureen Levy all helped announce nearly $4.7 million in funding for Fraser Valley communities. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
President Joe Biden meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma, Monday, March 13, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checks

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase…

President Joe Biden meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma, Monday, March 13, 2023, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The CFSEU-BC arrested five men in the Lower Mainland and seized numerous firearms as a result of their March 7 raids. (CFSEU-BC/Special to The News)

Police seize numerous firearms and drugs from 6 B.C. homes

5 men have been arrested and charged in March 7 raids

The CFSEU-BC arrested five men in the Lower Mainland and seized numerous firearms as a result of their March 7 raids. (CFSEU-BC/Special to The News)
A Chilliwack man is facing criminal code and customs act charges after being found in possession of, and importing from China, more than 1,350 prohibited weapons and 13 conducted energy weapons in January 2023. (CBSA photo)

Fraser Valley man caught importing hundreds of prohibited weapons from China

More than 1,350 weapons and 13 Tasers seized at YVR and at a residence in Chilliwack

A Chilliwack man is facing criminal code and customs act charges after being found in possession of, and importing from China, more than 1,350 prohibited weapons and 13 conducted energy weapons in January 2023. (CBSA photo)
People wait for their belongings at the Transportation Security Administration security area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Toiletries, clothes…pistol? Record number of guns caught at U.S. airports in 2022

Average of 18 guns a day intercepted throughout the year

People wait for their belongings at the Transportation Security Administration security area at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
FILE - This aerial photo shows the movie set of “Rust” at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Prosecutors announced Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 they are charging Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Manslaughter charge formally laid against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ set shooting

Charge alleges Baldwin, weapons supervisor, deviated repeatedly from known safety standards

FILE - This aerial photo shows the movie set of “Rust” at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Prosecutors announced Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 they are charging Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)