A Kirkland Lake resident has been charged with a number of offences.
Police officials say on February 1st frontline members from the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to an alleged theft from a business located on Government Road East.
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Police located and arrested the accused nearby and they allege they found them to be in possession of the stolen property. Police also allege further investigation revealed that they were also in possession of drugs suspected to be Methamphetamines.
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Beyond the drugs, though, the SPS reports that officers also found four long-barrelled firearms, 1,000-plus rounds of ammunition, a conducted energy weapon and three sets of brass knuckles.
A second search warrant was executed about an hour later at 3:40 a.m. at a suite in an area hotel. There, police seized 21 grams of THC packaged in 21 jars, 13 bottles of THC distillate, a cutting agent and a Dodge Ram truck.
A 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were arrested at the first location and a 57-year-old man arrested at the second location, according to police.
The first man faces 19 firearm- and drug-related charges and the second man has been charged with two counts under the
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