Regina’s 29-year-old man is one of 45 people nationwide arrested on Tuesday in connection with the manufacture of 3D printed guns or “ghost arms.”
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Federal Policing National Security Enforcement Section, in co-operation with the Regina Police Service, raided a home on the 1100 block of Grey Street and a storage facility on Inland Drive in Zehner — about 18 kilometres northeast of Regina.
RCMP said police seized a 3D printing machine and four semi automatic 3D-printed “glock style” guns with ammo magazine.
Police also seized four semi-automatic pistols, seven long guns, around 10,000 rounds of ammunition, multiple over-capacity ammunition magazines, gas masks, night vision goggles and other tactical equipment in the Saskatchewan raids, according to the RCMP news release.
The RCMP says the Regina man was charged with 12 offenses, including possession of restricted firearms or prohibited firearms and possession of firearms knowing he did not have a licence.
On Wednesday, he made his first appearance in court at Regina.
RCMP say the investigation is ongoing.
Police carried out 64 raids across eight provinces and seized 440 guns, including 3D-printed hand guns, long guns and silencers, as well as other guns and 3D printers.
According to the Quebec-based antigun unit called Équipe integrée de lutte au trafic d’armes.
Authorities are increasingly concerned by so-called ghost guns, which can be assembled at home or printed in 3D without serial numbers.