suggesting that the arrests indicated more attention must be paid to weapons smuggling at the border. American Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms used the arrests of two Canadians importing restricted firearms into Canada as an opportunity to espouse the view that Americans were being unfairly blamed for Canada's gun problems. Terrorism charges Dirie and Mohamed both pleaded guilty to charges of possession and importing firearms, and the Crown dropped the charges of possession and importing for the purposes of trafficking. They were sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Nine months into their sentence, both men were charged with importing firearms for the benefit of a terrorist group and participating in a terrorist group, when Ahmad - who had paid for their rental car - was charged in the 2006 Toronto terrorism case. As a result of preferred direct indictment by the Crown Attorney on 2007-09-24, Mohamed was re-arrested and only faced 2 charges after the Crown dropped the third charge of providing property to aid and abet a terrorist organization. Release Although Mohamed was granted bail in December 2007, Dirie was denied bail in August 2008 by local judge Gisele Marguerite Miller. Under the terms of his bail release, Mohamed was prohibited from leaving Ontario, speaking to anyone with a criminal record including his co-accused, or using the internet. His family welcomed him home, noting that Mohamed had decided to return to school. While a number of the suspects had their charges dropped in exchange for signing peace bonds stating they would abide by certain conditions, Mohamed refused to sign it stating that he had maintained his innocence and wouldn't be bound by any limitations. He was subsequently the only person to have all his charges dropped without any conditions in April 2008. Upon his release, he went to work as the general manager of his family's Blue Nile restaurant in the city of Toronto. References Living people 1981 births Somalian emigrants to Canada People from Mogadishu People from Cambridge, Ontario People from Toronto