Police have seized the entire inventory of a gun store in Cardston, in southern Alberta, after a five-month probe turned up evidence that two of its owners were trafficking firearms illegally, according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Teams (ALERT). Dean Sommerfeldt, 58, and Todd Sommerfeldt, 31 were arrested and charged with numerous offences, including trafficking a firearm, possession of weapons for the purpose of trafficking and careless storage of a restricted weapon. The men are accused of failing on several occasions to ensure that firearms purchasers had valid Possession Acquisition Licenses (PAL), which constitutes firearms trafficking, ALERT said in a release. "This gun store needlessly put public safety at risk by allowing conceivably anyone to acquire guns. Both suspects were released from custody on a number of court-imposed conditions, including that they not possess any firearms.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 15:33 UTC