UBC student has gun accidentally delivered to residence

RCMP were called to UBC’s Ponderosa student residence last week after residence staff were told by Canada Post that a parcel likely contained a firearm, CBC reported.

Andrew Parr, UBC’s managing director of student housing and hospitality services, said the gun was ordered by a student living in the residence. The student intended to have the gun shipped to his home address outside of B.C.

“We contacted the student, and when he arrived, we opened the package together,” Parr said. “He had no issue with the protocols that we were undertaking. He was very accommodating with the police and our staff.”

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