The Ontario Provincial Police, along with other local law enforcement agencies from northern Ontario and beyond, have recently made several arrests in a nationwide operation to crack down on the manufacture and trafficking private-made guns.
Two individuals have been arrested in North Bay recently for an investigation into 3D-printed firearms.
“Two people face multiple firearm-related charges after the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team and North Bay Police Service (NBPS) seized a 3D printer, loaded 3D printed firearms, ammunition and suspected fentanyl,” said OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique, in a recent social media post.
Social media posts show two handguns 3D printed and a 3-D printer in a house.
“Thank you to the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team for their ongoing partnership in cases like this,” said the NBPS in a subsequent social media post.
“Working together we are helping make all Ontario communities safer.”
Carrique says that investigators do a good job in these cases.
CTV News has reached out to OPP and the North Bay Police Service for more details surrounding the investigation and arrest – those requests for comment have not yet been returned.
In a recent arrest, the police in North Bay seized 3D printers, 3D printed guns, ammunition, and suspected fentanyl. (Supplied/OPP)Check back to CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca for updates on this story as they become available.
