North Bay news: Police arrest two, seize 3D printed firearms, drugs

The Ontario Provincial Police, along with other local law enforcement agencies from northern Ontario and beyond, have recently made several arrests in a nationwide operation to crack down on the manufacture and trafficking private-made guns.

Two individuals have been arrested in North Bay recently for an investigation into 3D-printed firearms.

“Two people face multiple firearm-related charges after the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team and North Bay Police Service (NBPS) seized a 3D printer, loaded 3D printed firearms, ammunition and suspected fentanyl,” said OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique, in a recent social media post.

Social media images show two 3D-printed handguns and a 3D-printer found in a home.

“Thank you to the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team for their ongoing partnership in cases like this,” said the NBPS in a subsequent social media post.

“Working together we are helping make all Ontario communities safer.”

Carrique stated that the investigators in this type of case are doing a great job.

CTV News has reached out to OPP and the North Bay Police Service for more details surrounding the investigation and arrest – those requests for comment have not yet been returned.

As part of an arrest made in North Bay, police seized a loaded 3D-printed firearm, ammunition, and a suspected amount of fentanyl. (Supplied/OPP)Check back to CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca for updates on this story as they become available.