Roy Tucker, 29, was sentenced to three years in prison in September 2026 after being convicted on three charges tied to a 3D-printed firearms investigation in Edmonton. The Crown withdrew the other charges among the 43 police had laid against him.

The Edmonton Police Service announced the charges on a Wednesday as part of a national investigation into 3D-printed guns. Its firearms investigation unit began looking into Tucker early the previous year, after Quebec police alerted Edmonton officers to his purchases of parts specific to 3D-printed firearms.

On June 20, the unit used search warrants at Tucker’s home and seized what police described as “a significant 3D printed firearms manufacturing operation.” The haul included a large commercial-grade 3D printer, firearm blueprints and devices containing illegal computer code used to print firearm frames and receivers.

Police also seized 20 handguns, 27 high-capacity magazines and two prohibited semi-automatic firearms believed to have been smuggled into Canada from the United States. The charges initially included 13 counts of firearms trafficking through manufacturing and 13 counts of possessing firearms while knowing they were unauthorized, among others.

Staff Sgt. Eric Stewart of the EPS guns and gangs unit said the seizure was Edmonton’s first significant one involving 3D-printed firearms and the second-largest of its kind in western Canada. “3D-printed firearms are of a particular concern for police nationwide,” Stewart said at a Wednesday morning media conference.

Stewart said police are directing more attention to manufacturers because the firearms can be untraceable and “can be produced quickly using easily accessible materials and blueprints available online.” He warned that making firearms can lead to serious consequences if a person is caught.

“I think the message is ... if you’re going to go down the road of manufacturing firearms and you are caught, there are severe consequences for something like this,” Stewart said. “Police agencies, provinces, our country, even across North America, this is something they take very seriously. These are called ghost guns. They’re untraceable. We don’t know the source of violent offences and shootings, and that’s not helpful to law enforcement.”

Based on reporting by CTV News Edmonton.