Waterloo Regional Police have seized over 200 firearms as a part of a weapons investigation that started in Waterloo.
Police stated Direct Motion Response Staff (DART) officers stopped a car for a site visitors violation Friday evening round 7:20 p.m. within the space of Weber Road North and Bridgeport Highway East.
“The DART officers have been on proactive patrol as a part of Secure Semester, a yearly venture to advertise the protection and wellbeing of college and school college students within the area,” police instructed in an e-mail.
In accordance with police, throughout the site visitors cease officers observed firearms and ammunition contained in the car.
“Officers approached the car and as they approached, they noticed a number of rounds of ammunition scattered all through the car in addition to the barrel of a firearm was pointing within the path of the officers that was positioned within the entrance seat of the car,” stated Const. Brad Hickey of Waterloo Regional Police.
The driving force, a 39-year-old man from Guelph, was arrested and charged with careless use of a firearms and transport firearm or restricted weapon. 17 firearms have been seized from the car.
A big amount of ammunition, magazines, and firearm elements have been additionally seized on the residence in Guelph on Sept. 7, 2024. (WRPS)
“Are they on the market? Is he a firearms trafficker? Or is he only a gun proprietor that wishes to maneuver them to a different location and safely retailer them? I imply, there’s all types of choices there,” stated Public Security Analyst, Chris Lewis.
As a part of the continued investigation, police accomplished a search warrant at a house on Victoria Highway North in Guelph Saturday.
“Investigators seized 156 improperly stored firearms and an additional 60 firearms under public safety provisions of the Criminal Code. A large quantity of ammunition, magazines, and firearm parts were also seized,” police stated in a media launch Sunday.
Extra firearms storage and dealing with charges are pending, police stated.
“It could seem by the fees which were laid to a few of them that maybe the restricted weapons have been by no means correctly registered, so there’s a few completely different violations which will have occured right here,” stated Lewis. “However anybody that might personal 200 weapons, I imply that form of scares me in itself. It simply would not make sense to the typical gun proprietor.”
“The investigation is ongoing and we’re encouraging anybody, any members of the general public who’ve any data to please contact police or Crime Stoppers,” added Hickey.
– With reporting by Krista Sharpe
