A high-risk traffic stop has resulted in charges for a Sarnia man.
Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the Sarnia police Major case Action Team (MCAT) stopped a vehicle in the area of Russell Street and Durand Street — a man was arrested for unauthorized possession of a weapon.
After the stop, a search warrant was used at a home on Devonshire Road where police seized several items including loaded weapons and a ballistic vest that had an old Sarnia police crews sewn on the front of it.
Items seized
- Loaded .380 calibre Taurus handgun
- Leather holster
- Black tactical vest with an old Sarnia Police Service Crest sewn on it
- Blue ballistic vest
- .22 Caliber Cooey rifle
- 5 shotgun shells
- 28 rounds of .380 calibre hollow point ammunition (10 of which were in a magazine inserted into the Taurus handgun)
- 1 round of 9mm ammunition
A 46-year-old Sarnia man was held for a bail hearing and charged with 15 firearms-related …