6 arrested as drugs, guns and stolen SUV seized in western P.E.I.
Kevin Yarr | CBC News | Posted: October 18, 2023 12:16 PM | Last Updated: October 18, 2023
Charges pending after 2 search warrants executed at separate homes Monday
More than a dozen weapons, cocaine, methamphetamine and contraband cigarettes were seized during a search of a home in St. Raphael on Monday, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.
A second search the same day at a different residence in the western P.E.I. community, about 20 kilometres west of Summerside, let officers recover a stolen SUV that had been reported missing Sept. 1.
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RCMP said the vehicle appeared to have had parts stripped from it, and there was evidence that it had been hotwired.
A joint force made up of RCMP and Summerside police officers executed a search warrant on the first home on Monday, and arrested six people.
In addition to the arrests, police said they seized:
- 13 rifles and shotguns.
- 1 taser.
- 115 grams of cocaine.
- 150 methamphetamine pills.
- 14,600 contraband cigarettes.
- More than $8,000 in cash.
"Most of the firearms were secured, [but] two were stored unsafely and charges are being considered for this," the RCMP news release said.
"Additionally, other charges are pending and the investigation is ongoing."