A truck transporting 2,000 small calibre firearms was stolen from a trucking yard in Peterborough on Sunday..There was no ammunition in the trailer..Peterborough Det. Staff-Sgt. Mike Jackson said the theft was likely “an isolated crime of opportunity, rather than a targeted incident.”.“It is believed that the suspects entered several other commercial yards in the city before this one.”.“They had attempted to take different trucks and trailers before leaving with a truck and trailer unit.”.Tracey Wilson of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights told the Western Standard her immediate concern “is of course, a hope that these stolen guns don’t fall into the hands of violent criminals..“We already see the Liberal government’s inability to reduce the smuggling of illegal guns and refusal to combat crime..“I fear this theft will further put Canadians at risk under an incompetent government.”.Jackson said the Peterborough Police Service “understands the heightened sense of the community and beyond surrounding this theft.”.Jackson said a team is working on the case to locate the trailer and its contents, as well as to “upload stolen firearms onto the national database.”.He said the firearms manufacturer is “fully cooperating with police” on the investigation..Amber Gosselin is a Western Standard reporter..agosselin@westernstandardonline.com
