CBSA firearm investigation in Delta, BC, leads to criminal charges

April 9, 2024     Vancouver, British Columbia     Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to protecting Canadians by keeping prohibited firearms and weapons out of our communities. As a result of a criminal investigation by the CBSA, Bryce Cameron McDonald, a resident of Delta, British Columbia, has been charged with 18 firearm and weapon related offences.

In April 2022, the CBSA Criminal Investigations Section opened an investigation in relation to the improper importation of firearm parts. On March 16, 2023, CBSA investigators executed a search warrant at McDonald’s residence with assistance from the RCMP Integrated Emergency Response Team. During the execution of the warrant, the accused was arrested and released pending further investigation and a number of prohibited items were seized, including:

• five firearms,
• eight over-capacity magazines,
• two auto sears (a device used to convert pistols into fully automatic firearms), and
• one brass knuckle knife.

On March 12, 2024, McDonald, 41, was charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• one count of Firearm Trafficking contrary to Section 99(1)(b);
• five counts of Possession of a Firearm without a licence contrary to Section 92(1);
• two counts of Possession of a Prohibited Device without a licence contrary to Section 92(2);
• one count of Possession of a Prohibited Weapon without a licence contrary to Section 92(2);
• five counts of Possession of a Firearm contrary to a Prohibition Order contrary to Section 117.01(1);
• two counts of Possession of a Prohibited Device contrary to a Prohibition Order contrary to Section 117.01(1);
• one count of Possession of Ammunition contrary to a Prohibition Order contrary to Section 117.01(1); and
• one count of Possession of a Prohibited Weapon contrary to a Prohibition Order contrary to Section 117.01(1).

The accused was arrested on March 14, 2024, and has been granted bail. Proceedings are ongoing and his next scheduled court appearance is April 12, 2024.