The Waterloo Regional Police have charged three people as part of an investigation into drugs and firearms in Kitchener.
Officers searched a home in the King Street East and Stirling Avenue North area on Wednesday and found a loaded shotgun, an imitation handgun, a conducted energy weapon, a machete and other weapons. They also seized suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and hydromorphone.
A 23-year-old man and a 44-year-old man, both from Kitchener, were arrested along with a 35-year-old woman.
All three people have been charged with six counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, careless storage of ammunition, unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.