Man sentenced for smuggling gun magazines at Okanagan border crossing

An Alberta man has been convicted on a charge of trying to bring illegal gun magazines across the border in the South Okanagan.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said Jody Stuart Bishop, a resident of Carbon, Alberta, was stopped while crossing the Canada-U.S. border at the Osoyoos port of entry in December of 2022.

A secondary examination of Bishop’s belongings were ordered and, during the inspection, three prohibited over-capacity magazines were discovered.

Bishop was arrested and an investigation was launched by the BCSA’s Pacific Region Criminal Investigations Section.