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A Toronto Police Spokesperson Tells CP24 That Nasser Gholami, 47, of Brampton, Charged by the CBSA With Four Firearm-Related Offences Over Two Suppressors Shipped From the United States, Is a Constable With Seven Years of Service and Is Suspended With Pay (October 9, 2026)
A Toronto police spokesperson has told CP24 that Nasser Gholami, 47, of Brampton — the man the Canada Border Services Agency said on October 8 it had arrested and charged with four firearm-related offences after border officers in Mississauga seized two complete firearm suppressors from a parcel shipped from the United States — is a constable with the Toronto Police Service with seven years of service. CP24 reports he is suspended with pay, and that the Chief intends to suspend him without pay after the mandated 60-day period under the Community Safety and Policing Act. CP24 reports the spokesperson said police understand the CBSA charges are unrelated to his duties as an officer. Gholami is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. The October 8 CBSA release does not state Gholami’s occupation or employer anywhere in its text. CP24 does not name the spokesperson, the account does not say at which division or in which unit Gholami serves, and it does not say on what date he was suspended. This site reported the CBSA charges on October 9; the policing status of the accused is the development here.
What the Spokesperson Added to the File
The Canada Border Services Agency announced the charges on October 8 under a Mississauga dateline. Its release names Gholami and gives his age and city, and it says the Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team led the investigation. It does not say what he does for a living. The word constable does not appear in it, and neither does the Toronto Police Service.
That is what CP24 added on October 9. A Toronto police spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that Gholami is a constable with seven years of service. CP24 reports that he is suspended with pay and that the Chief intends to suspend him without pay after the mandated 60-day period under the Community Safety and Policing Act. The account attributes the suspension status to the force rather than to the border agency.
CP24 reports the spokesperson said police understand the CBSA charges are unrelated to his duties as an officer. That is the force’s understanding as the outlet relays it, not a finding, and the outlet does not report that any Toronto Police Service investigation has been opened or concluded.
The Charges Remain the Border Agency’s
The four counts are the Canada Border Services Agency’s, and the statutory wording below is the release’s own. CP24 paraphrases three of them in its account rather than citing the provisions; where the two differ in wording, the release is used here. No Toronto Police Service charge is reported against Gholami, and no count in the CBSA release refers to his employment.
Charges as the CBSA Release Words Them
- Count one: One count of smuggling prohibited devices (suppressors), s. 159 (1) Customs Act
- Count two: One count of importing prohibited devices while knowing unauthorized (suppressors), s. 103 (1)(a) Criminal Code
- Count three: One count of possession of a prohibited device knowing he was not the holder of a licence under which he may possess it, s. 92(2) Criminal Code
- Count four: One count of unsafe display of a non-restricted firearm, s. 86(2) Criminal Code, and s. 117(h) of the Firearms Act
What the CP24 Account Does Not Publish
- The spokesperson: not named by CP24. The statements are attributed to a Toronto police spokesperson.
- Posting: no division, unit or assignment is given for Gholami, and no rank history beyond constable.
- Suspension date: the account reports that he is suspended with pay but gives no date on which the suspension began.
- Any Toronto Police Service process: the account reports no professional-standards investigation, no internal charge and no disciplinary step beyond the suspension and the Chief’s stated intent.
- Arrest date: as with the CBSA release, no date is given for the arrest itself.
- Organization: no gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family, syndicate or cartel is named in the account or in the release.
Timeline
- Thursday, July 23, 2026Border officers at the CBSA’s commercial operations facility in Mississauga intercept a parcel from the United States and seize two complete firearm suppressors, the agency says.
- Thursday, September 24, 2026The Ontario Firearms Smuggling Enforcement Team executes a search warrant at Gholami’s Brampton residence, the agency says.
- Thursday, October 8, 2026The Canada Border Services Agency publishes the arrest and the four counts. Its release does not state Gholami’s occupation or employer.
- Friday, October 9, 2026, 4:49 p.m. EasternCP24 publishes Bryann Aguilar’s account reporting that a Toronto police spokesperson confirmed Gholami is a constable with seven years of service, that he is suspended with pay, and that the Chief intends to suspend him without pay after the mandated 60-day period under the Community Safety and Policing Act.
- Thursday, November 5, 2026Gholami is scheduled to appear at the Brampton Courthouse, according to the CBSA release.
Laid the four counts and published the October 8 release, which does not state the accused’s occupation
Credited by the CBSA with leading the investigation and executing the September 24 search warrant
Confirmed to CP24 through an unnamed spokesperson that the accused is a constable with seven years of service, and is reported to have suspended him with pay
No gang, club, crime family, syndicate or cartel appears in either the release or the CP24 account
Sources
- CP24, “CBSA intercepts firearm suppressors from the U.S. A Toronto cop has been charged,” by Bryann Aguilar, published October 9, 2026 at 4:49 p.m. Eastern — the source for that a Toronto police spokesperson confirmed Gholami is a constable with seven years of service, that he is suspended with pay, and that the Chief intends to suspend him without pay after the mandated 60-day period under the Community Safety and Policing Act — cp24.com
- Canada Border Services Agency, “CBSA makes arrest and lays charges in firearm investigation,” published October 8, 2026, Mississauga dateline, no time given — the source for the four counts and their statutory wording, the July 23 interception, the September 24 search warrant, OFSET’s role and the November 5 court date; it states no occupation or employer for the accused — canada.ca
- The earlier briefing on this file: Gangland Files, “The CBSA Charges Nasser Gholami, 47, of Brampton With Four Firearm-Related Offences…,” October 9, 2026 — established the interception, the search warrant, the four counts, OFSET’s role and the court date.
Nasser Gholami is presumed innocent. He is charged and has not entered a plea; none of the four counts has been tested in court, and the CBSA release records a scheduled appearance rather than a trial. The four counts and their wording are the Canada Border Services Agency’s. The constable status, the seven years of service, the suspension with pay and the Chief’s stated intent are CP24’s account of what a Toronto police spokesperson told the outlet; CP24 does not name the spokesperson. Neither the release nor the account names a gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family, syndicate or cartel, and none is named or implied here. The parcel was intercepted in Mississauga and the search warrant executed in Brampton, both inside the Greater Toronto Area. No publication ban is mentioned in either source.