Etiket: firearms
High speed and firearms | Six young people arrested in Montreal
Six young people aged 17 to 20 were arrested last Friday while driving at high speed on Highway 40 in Montreal. Two of them were also charged with possession of…
Firearms and Narcotics | The SPVM torpedoes a Hells Angels supply line
Around twenty handguns including a submachine gun, thousands of rounds of ammunition, high-capacity magazines, more than 70 kilograms of cocaine, hundreds of thousands of methamphetamine tablets, tens of kilograms of…
Firearms: 15 months in prison for a former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
A former soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who armed himself “to defend himself, to repel attacks” was sentenced to 15 months in prison for possession of prohibited weapons. Frédéric…
Firearms seized from Alain Delon
(Rennes) Seventy-two firearms and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition were seized during a search of the home of French actor Alain Delon, the prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday, which…
More than 70 firearms and more than 3,000 ammunition seized from Alain Delon
“The first investigations put[ent] evidence that Alain Delon did not benefit from any authorization allowing him to possess a firearm”, according to the public prosecutor. Published on 02/27/2024 1:37 p.m.…
a record number of firearms seized from his Douchy home
A large-scale operation carried out by the gendarmes at the residence of Alain Delon located in Douchy in the Loiret, resulted in the seizure of dozens of firearms at the…
United States–Quebec border: illegal migrants force residents to arm themselves with firearms
Residents of a small American town located a stone’s throw from Quebec reportedly struggle to feel safe as groups of illegal immigrants roam its woods on their way from Canada…
Money laundering and firearms possession | Two individuals sentenced to more than two and a half years in penitentiary
Two residents of the metropolis, Andrew Barera and Michael Joey D’Opera, were sentenced to penitentiary terms of three and two and a half years respectively, Monday afternoon at the Montreal…
$6 million for 528 Tasers: the SQ expands its arsenal of electric guns to reduce the use of firearms
The Sûreté du Québec has just extended $6 million to purchase 528 Taser guns in order to reduce as much as possible the use of firearms by its agents. However,…
Drop in firearms discharges in 2023 in Laval
The Laval City Police Service (SPL) reports a drop in events involving the discharge of a firearm on its territory for a second consecutive year. According to its data, there…
A right-hand man of the late kingpin Gregory Woolley arrested with firearms
Jean-Winsing Barthelus, confidant and right-hand man of gang leader Gregory Woolley murdered last November in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, was arrested with firearms on Friday morning. Posted at 1:22 p.m. Barthelus, 45, was…
Firearms | Important “net raid” by the SPVM
Montreal police say they dealt a “hard blow to an alleged network of firearms traffickers” on Tuesday evening after arresting seven people and seizing firearms, cash and precious metals. Published…
Murder of Daniel Langlois: illegal firearms sought at neighbor’s house
Police showed up this weekend at the property of the man accused of murdering Daniel Langlois and his partner in Dominica because they were looking for illegal firearms. • Read…
Firearms | Ottawa to ban modifiable chargers
Federal Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc promises to ban high-capacity firearm magazines “that can easily be tampered with with a screwdriver in your basement.” Firearm manufacturers will simply no longer…
Federal Court rejects challenge to executive order on firearms
The Federal Court rejects a legal challenge to the May 2020 executive branch regulation in Ottawa that bans some 1,500 types of firearms in Canada. The plaintiffs had notably raised…
a man sentenced to six months in prison for unauthorized possession of around ten firearms
The man was a member of a shooting club and claimed at his trial a fascination with weapons. A 39-year-old man was sentenced Monday by the criminal court of Evreux…
Ban on certain firearms | Ottawa once again extends amnesty until October 2025
(Ottawa) The federal Liberal government announced it would extend for two years the firearms amnesty order it banned following the deadly shootings in Nova Scotia in 2020. Posted at 4:47…
Firearms | New search targeting the Hells Angels near Quebec
Police conducted a new search Wednesday evening targeting the Hells Angels, this time to seize firearms believed to belong to the criminal organization. The operation targeting several buildings on an…
more and more children and adolescents victims of firearms
Welcome radio replay The world is Ours For the second year in a row, firearms were the leading cause of death among people under 19 in the United States in…
New Mexico | The suspension of the carrying of firearms is controversial
(Albuquerque) The sheriff of New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area pledged Monday not to enforce an emergency order from the state governor to temporarily suspend the right to carry firearms in…