A 56-year-old Chatham-Kent man was arrested at gunpoint after police were called to a parking lot in downtown Chatham to investigate a fire.
Chatham-Kent police said emergency crews responded to the fire under the parking lot of an address on King Street in Chatham at around 9:45 a.m. Sunday.
Officers said the specific area they were called to is known locally as "the cave."
When police arrived, they found a man who had what appeared to be the handle of a firearm tucked into his waistband, so officers initiated a gun-point arrest.
Police said the man was cooperative, adding that when they searched him, they found a BB gun and some suspected methamphetamine.
Both the BB gun and the suspected methamphetamine were seized by police and a 56-year-old Chatham-Kent man was charged with drug possession.
He was later released with conditions and a future court date.
