A resident of Nanaimo has been sentenced to jail time after multiple drug and firearm seizures.
Cody Edward Ranger has been sentenced to a five-year imprisonment with less time served, along with a lifetime firearm prohibition and has been ordered to provide a DNA sample.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) originally launched an investigation in 2022 after three suppressors were intercepted by officers at Vancouver International Airports Cargo Operations between August and October.
CBSA criminal investigators and the Vancouver Island District RCMP Emergency Response Team executed search warrants in May 2023 on a residence and two vehicles in Nanaimo finding:
- Two loaded, prohibited 9mm ghost guns
- Loaded, prohibited shotgun
- 9mm restricted rifle with readily accessible ammunition and suppressor
- Two non-restricted rifles
- Nine over-capacity magazines
- 119 g of methamphetamine
- 335 g of cocaine
- 15 g of MDMA
- 10 g of psilocybin
- 22 electronic devices
Ranger pleaded guilty in Nanaimo Provincial Court to one count of possessing for the purpose of trafficking, and two counts of unauthorized possession of a loaded firearm.
