A 50-year-old Harbour Grace man is scheduled to appear in provincial court today on dozens of weapons-related charges.
John Byrne was arrested early Friday morning after a joint investigation between the RNC and RCMP.
Byrne was previously accused of making and selling illegal guns and using a 3D printer to make guns. He was prohibited from possessing firearms, but was arrested again last week and is now facing 55 additional firearms charges. That brings the total number of such charges against him to 225.
RCMP Superintendent Keith MacKinnon says it’s “extremely important” to get guns off the street.
“‘Cause people when they’re using these firearms…it’s not a personal use situation,” MacKinnon told reporters last week. “These are the guns that are used in the commission of crime, and we are stopping crime by getting like-minded individuals and firearms off the street, and laying these charges.”