B.C. man sentenced to 5 years in prison after investigation triggered by silencers found at airport

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 26, 2025 3:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 26

A Nanaimo, B.C., antheral has been sentenced to 5 years successful situation and a beingness firearm prohibition aft an probe triggered by the find of amerciable silencers at Vancouver International Airport.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says officers intercepted 3 firearm suppressors astatine the airdrome successful 2022, past successful May 2023, CBSA and RCMP members executed hunt warrants astatine a residence and 2 vehicles in Nanaimo.

The CBSA says officers seized illicit drugs and aggregate firearms including 2 untraceable shade guns, a prohibited shotgun, a firearm with a suppressor and 2 non-restricted rifles.

It says they besides recovered drugs including 335 grams of cocaine and 119 grams of methamphetamine.

The bureau says it charged Cody Edward Ranger with aggregate firearm and cause possession charges past May.

It says Ranger pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of possession of drugs for the intent of trafficking and 2 counts of unauthorized possession of a loaded firearm in Nanaimo Provincial Court past Wednesday.

"The Canada Border Services Agency is committed to keeping amerciable drugs and prohibited firearms retired of our state and distant from our communities. Our officers and transgression investigators enactment diligently to unafraid the borderline and guarantee that those who interruption the instrumentality are held accountable," Nina Patel, the determination director general of CBSA's Pacific Region, said successful a quality release.