UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE:
Waterloo Area, Ontario – Waterloo Regional Police have arrested a second male in connection to a firearm investigation.
On September 6, 2024, at roughly 7:20 p.m., members of the Waterloo Regional Police Direct Motion Response Crew (DART) arrested a 39-year-old Guelph male for quite a few firearm-related offences after a visitors cease in Waterloo.
The investigation remained ongoing.
On September 11, 2024, a search warrant was accomplished at a Guelph residence the place police arrested a 72-year-old Guelph male for firearms storage and dealing with offences.
The male is scheduled to seem in courtroom in October.
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Waterloo Area, Ontario – Waterloo Regional Police have seized over 200 firearms after a weapons investigation that started in Waterloo.
On September 6, 2024, at roughly 7:20 p.m., members of the Waterloo Regional Police Direct Motion Response Crew (DART) stopped a car for a visitors violation within the space of Weber Avenue North and Bridgeport Highway East.
Through the visitors cease, officers noticed firearms and ammunition within the car. The driving force, a 39-year-old male from Guelph, was arrested and charged with careless use of a firearm and transport firearm or restricted weapon. Seventeen firearms have been seized from the car.
As a part of the continued investigation, on September 7, 2024, members of WRPS’ Normal Investigations Unit accomplished a search warrant at a residence in Guelph. Investigators seized 156 improperly saved firearms and a further 60 firearms beneath public security provisions of the Prison Code. A big amount of ammunition, magazines, and firearm elements have been additionally seized.
Extra firearms storage and dealing with charges are pending.
The accused was held in police custody for a bail listening to.
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