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CBSA investigation leads to 5 year prison sentence for Nanaimo resident

May 26, 2025 at 1:42 pm  Federal, Politics

May 26, 2025              Vancouver, British Columbia                Canada Border Services Agency

On May 21, 2025, Cody Edward Ranger, a resident of Nanaimo, B.C., was sentenced to five years imprisonment (less time served) along with a lifetime firearm prohibition and ordered to provide a DNA sample.

Ranger pleaded guilty in Nanaimo Provincial Court to the following charges:

  • One count of Possession for the purpose of trafficking contrary to Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
  • Two counts of unauthorized possession of a loaded prohibited firearm contrary to Section 95(1) of the Criminal Code

In 2022, the CBSA launched an investigation after three firearm suppressors were intercepted by border services officers at Vancouver International Airport Air Cargo Operations between August and October 2022.

In May 2023, CBSA criminal investigators, with assistance from the Vancouver Island District RCMP Emergency Response Team, executed search warrants on a residence and two vehicles in Nanaimo. A number of illegal firearms and various quantities of illegal drugs were seized, including:

  • two loaded, prohibited 9mm ghost guns;
  • a loaded, prohibited shotgun;
  • a 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; and
  • 22 electronic devices.

On May 15, 2024, the CBSA charged Ranger with multiple firearm and drug possession charges under the Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. 

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