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Saugeen Shores Police lay numerous firearms and drug related charges

Saugeen Shores police have charged a 32-year-old man with numerous firearms and drug-related offences.

Police received a tip on Tuesday that a man was carrying a sawed-off shotgun.

An investigation resulted in the arrest of the man, who had methamphetamine, purple fentanyl, fentanyl, hydromorphone, and morphine. A search of a nearby apartment uncovered the prohibited firearm and ammunition.

The male was transported to the Saugeen Shores Police Service and he faces a long list of charges:

- Fail to Comply with Undertaking before an Officer in Charge - Possession of a Firearm & Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order - Breach of Firearms Regulations - Store firearm or restricted weapon - Careless storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited device or ammunition - Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm - Possession of Prohibited or Restricted Firearm/ammunition - Possession of a Firearm knowing Serial Number has been Tampered with - Possession of a Methamphetamine for the purposes of Trafficking - Possession of a Fentanyl - Possession of Hydromorphone - Possession of morphine

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