Date: Monday, August 15, 2022
File: 22-26637
Victoria, BC – VicPD officers arrested a man and a woman, and seized firearms, body armour, and additional weapons after executing a search warrant in Victoria in July.
On the afternoon of Saturday, July 16th, Patrol officers and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) executed a search warrant at a suite in a supportive housing facility in the 800-block of Johnson Street. During the search of the suite, officers located several firearms, including a shotgun with ammunition and two handguns with ammunition. Officers also located several replica firearms.
In addition, officers seized body armour and other weapons such as brass knuckles, a taser, a sword, and batons.
Photographs of the seized items are below.
A shotgun and two handguns seized during the investigation.
The man and woman face several recommended firearms charges.
This file remains under investigation. If you have information about this incident, please call our VicPD Report Desk at (250) 995-7654 ext 1. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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