Drug trafficking, weapons charges laid against Sicamous man [Video]

A resident of B.C.’s Interior has been charged with weapon and drug trafficking offences after an investigation launched by border agents at Vancouver International Airport earlier this year.

The charges were laid against Sicamous resident Jesse Pat Lyle on Nov. 28, the Canada Border Services Agency said in a news release Friday.

Lyle faces the following nine charges, which stem from an investigation that began when officers intercepted a package addressed to him at YVR’s commercial operations centre on April 26.

• One count of possession of a restricted firearm with readily available ammunition
• One count of possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number
• One count of possession of a firearm in contravention of a prohibition order
• Two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon
• Four counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking

The package CBSA officers seized contained “three prohibited devices,” the agency said, though it did not specify what those …