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Moosonee suspect charged with nine criminal weapons offences

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Ontario Provincial Police seized several firearms, various types of rifle ammunition and ammunition reloading equipment from a Moosonee, Ont., home on September 9, 2024. (Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)

Provincial police seized an arsenal and nearly 300 rounds of live ammunition from a home in on the James Bay Coast on Monday and charged a man with nine criminal weapons offences.

OPP Moonsonee Seizure Ontario Provincial Police seized several firearms, various types of rifle ammunition -- including almost 300 live rounds -- and ammunition reloading equipment from a Moosonee, Ont., home on September 9, 2024. (Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)

Officers executed a search warrant at a Quarry Road home in Moosonee around 6 p.m. Sept. 9, Ontario Provincial Police said in a news release Friday.

“As a result of the search, police located several firearms, various types of rifle ammunition including 292 live rounds and ammunition reloading equipment,” OPP said.

A 49-year-old Moosonee man was arrested and charged with careless storage of ammunition and four counts each of careless storage of a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

He was released from custody and scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12.