ON December 16, Raymond Sun, a Canadian citizen and a resident of Richmond, was sentenced in Richmond Provincial Court to 30 months of imprisonment and issued a lifetime firearms ban after being found guilty of possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl and possession for the purpose of trafficking MDMA, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on Thursday.
In September 2020, the CBSA launched an investigation after border services officers at the Vancouver International Mail Centre intercepted prohibited firearm parts originating from China destined to Burnaby. The investigation identified Sun as the importer.
In February 2021, the CBSA arrested Sun at his Richmond residence, where CBSA criminal investigators executed a search warrant and seized the following items:
* 274 grams of MDMA
* 284 tablets of fentanyl
* $77,000 CAD currency
* $1,120 USD currency
* Drug trafficking paraphernalia:
– a digital pocket scale
– a large digital scale
– a money counter machine
– various sizes of plastic baggies
In September 2022, the CBSA charged Sun with possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl and MDMA, and on March 13, 2025, he was found guilty of both charges in a provincial court.
Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, making the risk of accidental overdose very high, noted the CBSA.
