Several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition seized during Kitchener search
A Waterloo region police car on King Street West in August of 2022. (Daniel Caudle/CTV News Kitchener)
A Kitchener man is facing multiple weapons related charges as part of a firearm investigation.
Waterloo Regional Police searched a Kitchener home on Wednesday as part of an investigation involving unsafe storage of firearms.
During the search, officers said they seized a handgun, four long guns, four illegal extended ammunition magazines and several thousand rounds of ammunition.
Police said they also found several hundred illegal pills inside the home.
A 43-year-old Kitchener man has been charged with five counts of unsafe storage of a firearm, four counts of possession of a prohibited device, and two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
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