The accused, a 23-year-old first-time offender with no criminal record, pleaded guilty to unauthorized possession of a loaded firearm contrary to section 95(1) of the Criminal Code.
Police executed a search warrant on his residence and discovered commercial quantities of cocaine, marijuana, and Alprazolam in a safe.
A loaded 45mm automatic firearm with a defaced serial number was found in a vehicle in which the accused was a passenger.
The firearm was being used to facilitate drug trafficking.
The accused received strong community support from family and his former employer.
The sentencing judge imposed a custodial sentence of two years less presentence custody, followed by one year of probation, with various conditions including a lifetime prohibition on possessing prohibited or restricted firearms and a ten-year prohibition on possessing other firearms.
