3D printed gun with expanded clip seized on Ontario highway
Multiple charges were laid against a 19-year-old after police found a homemade loaded firearm during a traffic stop in the Township of King.
On Sunday morning, the Ontario Provincial Police's Highway Enforcement Teams and Canine Unit officers conducted a traffic stop on Highway 400 southbound, south of Highway 9.
They stopped a man in a vehicle where they discovered a loaded, personally manufactured firearm with an extended magazine.
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The Ontario Provincial Police, through the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit, investigated the homemade firearm and found that it was produced using 3D printing technology.
As a result of the investigation, police seized a loaded, personally manufactured firearm, an extended magazine, and an undisclosed amount of cash.
The 19-year-old from Toronto, Ont., is accused of committing a firearms and weapons-related offence and failing to comply with the release order.
The man is scheduled to appear before the court in Newmarket to answer the charges.
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