Former Canadian MP Arrested on Gun-Trafficking Charges, Massive Arsenal Featured Artillery
By Tom Knighton | 8:30 PM | July 14, 2026
Usually, when the media talks about some bad guy's "arsenal," we get ready to laugh. While it's the technically correct term—which just means a collection of weapons, regardless of size—it's still funny to use it to describe some dude with a shotgun and a single box of shells. Every now and then, though, we see an example where the term has us all going, "Yep. That's an arsenal, all right."
I think the term applies to former Canadian MP Inky Mark. Yes, that's his real name.
Anyway, it seems the Canadian authorities arrested Mark for gun trafficking, and I've just got to say that I'm impressed.
Ex-Canadian MP Inky Mark has been arrested after police found a trove of guns, ammunition and an antique cannon along with thousands of dollars in cash in his home.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) seized 439 firearms from his house near Dauphin, Manitoba, last week during a firearms trafficking probe. At least three of the guns were illegally trafficked, RCMP said.
Mark, 78, has been charged with firearms trafficking and several other gun-related offences, including possessing unauthorised devices and unsafe storage, which officials say threaten public safety.
Manitoba follows Canada's strict federal gun control laws, but its provincial government actively opposes extra restrictions.
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The investigation began in March when police were notified of firearms charges in the US against another Dauphin-area man.
That investigation led RCMP to find and seize firearms allegedly purchased by Mark, which police said were "never lawfully transferred".
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