Manitoba RCMP Charge Ravinder Chahal, 48, and Kulwinder Chahal, 38, With Twenty-Three Counts Between Them After Search Warrants Executed by the Manitoba Integrated Law Enforcement Team at Two Residences in the RM of West St. Paul, and Officers Seize 13 Firearms, Two of Them Sawed-Off, and Approximately 20,000 Rounds of Ammunition (October 5, 2026)

The Manitoba RCMP say the Manitoba Integrated Law Enforcement Team (MILET) executed search warrants on September 11, 2026 at homes on Pipeline Road and Griffin Way in the Rural Municipality of West St. Paul, in response to information provided by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and that officers found and seized 13 firearms, including two sawed-off weapons, approximately 20,000 rounds of ammunition and several high-capacity magazines that had been altered to hold more ammunition, which the force describes as prohibited devices. The release says two male suspects were arrested without incident. Ravinder Chahal, 48, of the RM of West St. Paul is charged with eleven counts and Kulwinder Chahal, 38, of the RM of West St. Paul with twelve, twenty-three counts between them. Both were remanded into custody. The Manitoba RCMP published the release on Monday, October 5, 2026, twenty-four days after the warrant date. The release does not say which residence produced which items, does not describe any of the 13 firearms beyond saying two were sawed-off, does not give a number for the altered magazines and does not date the arrests. Both accused are presumed innocent.

Why This Sits on the Beat — and How Thin That Is

The RM of West St. Paul is outside this site’s primary footprint, so the file needs a concrete qualifier, and the qualifier here is a thin one. This file is marked marginal. What the release supports is a firearm seizure of some size with a named unit attached: 13 firearms, two of them sawed-off, approximately 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and several magazines the force calls altered prohibited devices, seized in a MILET warrant operation. The release does not describe MILET’s mandate, and MILET is not offered here as an anti-gang or organized-crime unit. The CBSA is named as the source of the information behind the warrants; it is not described as taking part in the search, so this is not offered as a multi-force operation. The release does not say that any firearm was loaded, does not say that either accused was under a prohibition order, and names no criminal organization, street gang or outlaw motorcycle club. The charge list includes counts of possession of firearm with tampered serial number and possession of weapon obtained by crime, but those are counts, not descriptions of seized items, and the release ties neither to any firearm. No gang label is needed or used.

What the Release Says Was Seized

The release lists, as bullet points: 13 firearms, including two sawed-off weapons; approximately 20,000 rounds of ammunition; and several high-capacity magazines that had been altered to hold more ammunition, which it calls prohibited devices. It does not break the inventory down between the Pipeline Road address and the Griffin Way address, and it gives no make, model, calibre or type for any of the 13 firearms beyond the note that two were sawed-off. The magazines are counted only as “several.”

The release says the warrants were executed on September 11 after an investigation revealed illegal weapons associated with two residences, and that MILET obtained the warrants in response to information provided by the CBSA. It was published on October 5, twenty-four days later. It says two male suspects were arrested without incident and does not give a date for either arrest.

The Twenty-Three Counts

Ravinder Chahal, 48, is charged with eleven counts, worded in the release as: unsafe storage of firearms x2; unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon; possession of restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammo without licence x2; possession of weapon obtained by crime x2; possession of firearm with tampered serial number x2; and unauthorized possession of a firearm x2. Two, plus one, plus two, plus two, plus two, plus two: eleven.

Kulwinder Chahal, 38, is charged with twelve: unsafe storage of firearms x2; possession of a prohibited weapon when knowing possession is unauthorized; possession of a restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammo without licence x2; possession of weapon obtained by crime x2; possession of firearm with tampered serial number x2; unauthorized possession of a firearm; and possession of firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized x2. Two, plus one, plus two, plus two, plus two, plus one, plus two: twelve. Eleven and twelve make twenty-three.

Those counts are allegations and nothing more. The release does not describe any seized firearm as having a tampered serial number, does not identify any seized item as obtained by crime, and does not say which count relates to which item or which residence.

The Two Quotations

Supt. Jeff Asmundson, officer in charge of MILET, is quoted in the release: “Thanks to the positive working relationship shared between law enforcement and the CBSA, our officers were able to remove illegal firearms from the community.” Johny Prasad of the Prairie Region Intelligence and Enforcement Operations Division, CBSA, is also quoted: “The valuable partnership between CBSA and RCMP is keeping illegal and deadly weapons out of communities.”

Neither Ravinder Chahal nor Kulwinder Chahal has been tried on any of these counts, and both are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Every allegation here is the Manitoba RCMP’s, and all charge wording is the force’s own, copied as written. The release names no criminal organization, street gang, outlaw motorcycle club or cartel, and no such label is used here. This file lies outside the primary footprint and is marginal on the beat: the qualifier is the size of the seizure (13 firearms, two sawed-off, approximately 20,000 rounds, altered magazines the force calls prohibited devices) with a named integrated unit attached, and the release does not describe that unit’s mandate, does not describe any firearm as loaded and does not mention a prohibition order. A search for outlet coverage made on October 5 found no account of the file. The release mentions no publication ban.