24 Year Old Facing Numerous Firearms Charges #Uprising #OntarioMilitia

(BURLINGTON, ON) – An individual is facing 19 firearms-related Criminal Code (CC) charges following an investigation into the importation of firearms and prohibited devices.

In March 2025, members assigned to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) in Niagara and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations initiated an intelligence-led investigation into the alleged importation of firearms and prohibited devices from the U.S. into Canada.

On Wednesday, April 16, 2025, an individual was arrested in Burlington by members assigned to BEST from the OPP, Toronto Police Service, Peel Regional Police, Niagara Regional Police Service, and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with assistance from the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, OPP Highway Enforcement Team and the OPP Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit.

As a result, Daniel MENEZES, age 24 of Hamilton, has been charged with the following 19 offences contrary to the CC:

•         Import a firearm knowing it’s unauthorized – two counts
•         Unauthorized importation of a firearm – two counts
•         Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device – two counts
•         Possession of a firearm knowing it was unauthorized – two counts
•         Possession of a prohibited device knowing it was unauthorized – two counts
•         Possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition – two counts
•         Import a prohibited device knowing it’s unauthorized
•         Import components for the use in making automatic firearms knowing it’s unauthorized
•         Unauthorized importation of a prohibited device
•         Unauthorized importation of components for use in the making of automatic firearms
•         Unauthorized possession of a prohibited firearm
•         Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
•         Possession of a prohibited weapon

The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Milton on May 14, 2025.

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