73 firearms, including machine-guns, seized during raid at Winnipeg home

The discovery of an illegal gun part sent from China and destined for a Winnipeg address led police to a major firearms bust in the city.

Canadian border agentsseized a suppressor also known as a silencer, used to muffle the sound of gunshotsin July and notified police in Winnipeg.

On Oct.16, after a lengthy investigation, police raided a homeon Almond Bay in the city's Windsor Park area and arrested a 41-year-old man.

Inside the home they found 73 firearms, includingfully automatic, prohibited, unregistered and restricted guns, along with ammunition.

The firearms include:

• Kalashnikov AK-47 rifle.
• Heckler & Koch M1 Super 90 shotgun.
• Finnish M44 submachine-gun.
• Sterling L34A1 submachine-gun.
• FN PS90 rifle and suppressor.
• CZ Scorpion EVO 3 S1 pistol.
• Thompson 1928A1 submachine-gun.
• Browning automatic rifle FN type D machine-gun.
• Ingram M11 submachine-gun.
• Intratec Tec-22 handgun.
• Glock 18 handgun and suppressor.
• Browning M1950 FN machine-gun.
• BrenMark 1M machine-gun.
• Norinco MAK-90 rifle.
• German MG15 machine-gun.
• Walther PPS handgun.
• Smith & Wesson 637-2 revolver.

Police also seized more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition, approximately 40 prohibited high-capacity magazines, numerous exploding targets and pyrotechnics, and two body armour pieces.

The man is charged with 70 weapons-related offences, including tampering with a serial number.

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