CBSA has seized 9,400 weapons in B.C. and Yukon this year [Video]

Border officers in B.C. and the Yukon seized more than 9,400 weapons and related prohibited items during the first 10 months of the year, along with more than $1 million in cash and thousands of kilograms of illegal drugs.

This data comes from the Canada Border Services Agency’s annual “year in review,” which was published Monday and covers the period from Jan. 1 through Oct. 31 of this year.

As was the case in last year’s data, the CBSA’s Pacific Region – which covers the 43 ports of entry in B.C. and the Yukon – accounted for a disproportionately large percentage of the federal agency’s overall weapons seizures.

The Pacific Region year in review says officers seized “9,451 weapons and prohibited items,” a total that includes 209 firearms, 666 “miscellaneous parts for firearms or magazines,” 7,747 prohibited weapons, and 829 “prohibited devices.”

Nationally, CBSA officers seized 853 firearms and 15,637 …