A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) says that police executed search warrants on former Canadian MP Inky Mark’s home July 7, 2026, and seized “439 firearms.”
The home is in Dauphin, Manitoba.
According to NSSF, the Canadian police also seized “ammunition, an antique cannon, and more than C$300,000 in cash.” The equivalent in U.S. dollars is about $213,000 at the current rate.
Mark now “faces 12 Criminal Code charges, including firearm trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.” Officials with Royal Mounted Canadian Police (RCMP) indicated it is “[believed] at least three of the seized firearms were illegally trafficked and one had an altered serial number.”
The Canadian Broadcast Corporation noted that Mark also faced a charge for “unsafe firearm storage.”
Mark said he spent “nearly two full days in jail” after being taken into custody and added, “I’ve never experienced that in my life.”
He “is apologizing for illegally transferring three guns but denies trafficking any firearms.”
Mark, who is reportedly 78, says he has “been a registered collector from day one,” which is something he suggested the media is not reporting.
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