A man from Hanover has received a prison sentence for manufacturing and possessing unauthorized firearms.
In September of 2021, officers at the Toronto International Mail Processing Centre intercepted a postal shipment addressed to Ryan Buhler from the Rural Municipality of Hanover. The shipment, labelled as furniture brackets, was found to contain firearm components needed to assemble a 3D-printed Glock-type pistol also known as a ghost gun. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Criminal Investigators in Winnipeg began an investigation.
On December 16, 2021, investigators executed a search warrant at Buhler's residence, where officers seized two 3D-printed Glock-pattern pistols, a 3D printer, three non-restricted firearms, digital devices and a personal quantity of ammunition. On December 31, 2021, Buhler was charged with a number of offences under the Customs Act and the Criminal Code of Canada.
On November 3rd of this year, Buhler pleaded guilty in Steinbach court to unauthorized firearm manufacturing and unauthorized firearm possession knowing its possession is unauthorized.
The 35-year-old was sentenced to a concurrent three-year and two-year jail sentence for those offences, respectively. The remaining charges laid were stayed as a result of a plea agreement.
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