NANAIMO — Intercepting weapons accessories at Vancouver International Airport in 2022 had led to a significant seizure at a south Nanaimo home.
A Thursday, June 13 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) news release outlined a combined nine firearms and drug charges against 36-year-old Cody Edward Ranger.
On May 30, 2023 in coordination with the RCMP’s Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team, CBSA criminal investigators applied a search warrant at a Ninth St. home in Nanaimo, near Park Ave. Elementary School.
Several drones were reported by a local resident flying above the south Harewood area during the application of the search warrant.
Two vehicles were also searched as part of the raid, resulting in the seizure of several items:
- two loaded, prohibited nine millimetre ghost guns
- a loaded, prohibited shotgun
- a nine millimetre restricted rifle with readily accessible ammunition and suppressor
- two non-restricted rifles
- nine over-capacity magazines
- 119 grams of methamphetamine
- 335 grams of cocaine
- 15 grams of MDMA;
- 10 grams of psilocybin
- 22 electronic devices
Two “ghost” guns and one of the rifles seized by the CBSA. (submitted image)
Charges were formally laid against Ranger last month and he remains in custody.
The CBSA investigation launched after three firearm silencers were intercepted by border services agents at Vancouver International Airport between August and October 2022.
Three of the charges against Ranger are for the unauthorized possession of a loaded and prohibited firearm, while he also faces three drug trafficking charges.
Ranger also faces charges for two sets of alleged offences involving violence in Nanaimo dating back to February and March of last year.
A sizeable quantity of weapons, ammunition and other materials were seized by RCMP and believed to belong to Ranger. (submitted image)Join the conversation. Submit your letter to NanaimoNewsNOW and be included on The Water Cooler, our letters to the editor feature.
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