Red Deer man facing 27 charges after year-long weapons trafficking investigation

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Red Deer RCMP collaborated with numerous agencies to seize guns, drugs, and equipment for altering the VIN of stolen vehicles after they were tipped off by a concerned citizen.

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.According to a release from Red Deer RCMP, they began looking into the alleged firearms trafficking in January of last year. That’s when Red Deer RCMP GIS executed a search warrant with help from officers, the Emergency Response Team and additional units within the RCMP.

During the search, they seized several items, including firearms and firearm components, equipment for the manufacturing of firearms, a stolen car that had an altered VIN, equipment for changing the VIN of stolen vehicles, fraudulent documents, drugs and other illegal items.The 2023 investigation and search resulted in 27 charges and a warrant being issued for a Red Deer man. Mounties confirmed to Global News the accused was charged on Feb.

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