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Spazito

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Tue Apr 11, 2023, 11:37 AM Apr 2023

Hundreds of charges laid, 173 guns seized in firearm trafficking operation, police say [View all]

Dozens of people have been arrested and hundreds of criminal charges laid, police say, in connection with with a yearlong investigation into cross-border gun trafficking.

At a press conference hosted by Toronto police Tuesday morning, investigators announced the arrest of 42 people, 442 criminal charges laid and the seizure of 173 guns in Canada and the United States. Three of those arrested are young offenders, police say.

The joint forces investigation was conducted by Toronto police, York Regional Police, Durham Regional Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, the Canada Border Services Agency and the American Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

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Police said the guns being shipped to Canada originated in Florida, Ohio, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, where they would have been purchased legally.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-gun-cross-border-1.6806530

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