August 17, 2023 Montréal, Quebec Canada Border Services Agency
Joel De Montigny appeared at the Montréal courthouse on August 17, 2023 to answer 13 charges related to the importation and possession of prohibited weapons, possession of prohibited weapons for the purpose of transferring them, and contravention of a weapons prohibition order. According to a CBSA investigation, the 57 year old individual is responsible for six attempted illegal importations by mail.
On July 27, 2023, Canada Border Services Agency investigators, assisted by their colleagues from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, executed a search warrant at the accused's residence, which led to the seizure of five stun guns, two firearm replicas, six throwing stars, a centrifugal opening knife and three cell phones. During the search, the individual was arrested for smuggling, possession, acquisition, transfer of illegally imported goods under the Customs Act, as well as for possession of prohibited weapons, importation of prohibited weapons and devices, and contravention of prohibition orders under the Criminal Code.
This Canada Border Services Agency investigation began in June 2023 after a parcel containing a firearm replica was intercepted by border services officers at the Vancouver International Mail Processing Centre.
