Canadian Police Seize Drugs, Weapons Motherlode

Authorities stated on Thursday that a raid on a personal residence in past due November had yielded “a complete of fifty-seven handguns, 8 lengthy weapons, almost 15,000 rounds of ammunition at the side of high-potential and prolonged magazines.”

Among the guns seized had been 3 Glock 9mm handguns and accompanying overcapacity magazines, a .50 caliber Desert Eagle and a BB gun transformed to a .22 caliber handgun, at the side of extra than a hundred and eighty pounds of medication consisting of cocaine, crystal meth, fentanyl, and MDMA.

“Of the fifty-seven handguns recovered, 39 were traced, 37 of them to the USA and the final to Canada, whilst a complete of 5 of the lengthy weapons were traced to Canadian sources,” in line with police.

At the residence, police apprehended 45-year-vintage Danijel Dubajić, of Serbian extraction, who has been residing in Canada for extra than 20 years. Media inside the Balkans cited Dubajić’s landlord as describing him as a calm, regular person, who changed into regionally called a painter and naturopathy practitioner.

Dubajić’s ostensibly tranquil man or woman appeared to match the vicinity of the residence wherein he had hidden his large drug-and-guns stash, which Inspector Tim Crone defined as “a totally quiet and nonviolent residential neighborhood, that’s usually made from indifferent homes, low-upward thrust rental buildings, parks, playgrounds, and simple schools.”

Stranger nevertheless changed into the reality that Dubajić did now no longer seem to be at wonderful pains to hide the medicine and firearms inside his home. “Once inside the rental, officials at once placed substantial quantities of narcotics and firearms which had been in undeniable sight of the officials,” in line with Crone.

“You by no means recognize what’s on the alternative facet of the door in a seek warrant – you already know why you’re there however now no longer continually what you’re going to find,” Ray Direnzo, a detective at the case, stated, similarly describing the police haul as “the motherlode” of seizures.

Toronto Police Superintendent, Domenic Sinopoli, stated that the suspect “has no preceding records of medication and firearms.”

Nevertheless, Danijel Dubajić is now going through seventy-eight prices and is ready to seem earlier than the courtroom docket on January 7, the subsequent year, in line with the statement.

OCCRP / TechConflict.Com