US EditionMore than three years in prison for Kamloops-area man caught manufacturing illegal handguns
KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 31 – Adrian Picketts-Yoxall pleaded guilty to multiple firearms offenses including manufacturing and possession contrary to order, authorities said the case highlights risks of untraceable weapons.
- A Kamloops, B.C., judge sentenced Adrian Picketts-Yoxall to 3.5 years on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, for firearms manufacturing and possession contrary to order.
- The B.C. Prosecution Service approved charges on Oct. 10, 2023, and Adrian Picketts-Yoxall pleaded guilty on March 24, 2025.
- During a raid at his Heffley Creek residence, CFSEU-BC seized a tactical-style shotgun, ammunition and a 3D printer on July 30, 2025.
- CFSEU-BC said this sentencing sends a clear message—we will not tolerate the production of ghost guns, which pose serious public safety risks.
- Law enforcement said that untraceable firearms, or homemade 3D-printed weapons, are linked to ghost gun activity in the Thompson Okanagan region.
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More than three years in prison for Kamloops-area man caught manufacturing illegal handguns (Kamloops)
A man who was busted manufacturing illegal handguns inside his Kamloops-area home has been ordered to spend 3.5 years in federal prison. Adrian Picketts-Yoxall, 33, will also be prohibited for life from possessing firearms following a sentencing hearing on Wednesday in Kamloops provincial court. He ...
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Kamloops man sentenced to 3.5 years for making illegal firearms
Adrian Picketts-Yoxall pled guilty on March 24, 2025
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B.C. man sentenced to more than three years in prison for 'ghost-gun' manufacturing – Energeticcity.ca
KAMLOOPS — A British Columbia man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for manufacturing firearms. The RCMP’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says in a news release that Adrian Picketts-Yoxall has been sentenced after pleading guilty in March to making the weapons and possession of firearm contrary to order. Picketts-Yoxall was charged in 2023 after an investigation a year earlier, when police pursued information about privately …
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