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London man charged after guns, drugs seized

A London man faces a list of charges after police seized guns, ammunition, and drugs in a raid over the weekend.

According to London police, officers searched a home on Adelaide Street South and seized:

Mossberg 930 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun

Squires Bingham Model 16R .22 semi-automatic rifle

Loaded sawed-off Charles Daly pump action 12-gauge shotgun

SKS semi-Automatic 7.62 x 39 mm rifle

Sawed-off ‘Made in USSR’ break action single barrel 12-gauge shotgun

40 caliber semi-automatic handgun

157 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm rifle ammunition

Seven twelve-gauge shotgun shells

18 rounds of 40 caliber ammunition

863 grams of suspected Cocaine

255 grams of suspected Fentanyl

192 x TEC Oxycocet pills Two digital scales

Electronic money counter

$6,000 in cash.

 

A 24-year-old London man was arrested. Police say he is charged with:

Seven counts of careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Three counts of unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm

Three  counts of possess firearm other than restricted or prohibited firearm

Two counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking

Possession of a Schedule I substance Possession of firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order

Possession of a loaded/unloaded regulated firearm

Failing to comply with undertaking.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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