Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 32-year-old Chisholm Township man with weapons offences following a traffic stop Oct. 8. Officers stopped the driver on Highway 539 in West Nipissing and found a long gun, police said in a news release Tuesday. “During the investigation, officers determined that the driver was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant stemming from a previous investigation in West Nipissing,” police said. The driver was charged with the unauthorized possession of a firearm, knowledge of the unauthorized possession of a firearm and failure to comply with a probation order. He has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in North Bay court Oct.13.
