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Man in custody after Lethbridge police seize guns, ammunition

A man is in custody after Lethbridge police seized dozens of weapons from a northside home after a 14-hour operation that involved the city’s explosives team.

Area around northside home shut down for hours overnight as police seize dozens of weapons

David Bell · CBC News ·
Const. Wes Olsen of the Lethbridge Police Service takes a photo Saturday morning of an M-2 Browning machine gun found “in the main bedroom” of a north Lethbridge home. LPS were called to a disturbance at a residence in the 200 block of 15 Street North Friday night and seized 75 to 100 firearms and associated items. One man is in custody and faces undetermined charges. (Nick Kuhl/Lethbridge Herald)

A man is in custody after Lethbridge police seized dozens of weapons from a northside home after a 14-hour operation that involved the city's explosives team.

Police responded to 214 15th Street N at about 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Handguns, rifles, gas masks, ammunition and two vintage machine guns: the M-2, and a First World War-era Vickers were found in the home.

A rare First World War-era Vickers machine gun was one of the items seized by police at a northside home. (Nick Kuhl/Lethbridge Herald)

Police seized between 75 and 100 items.

One man is in custody facing undetermined charges, police say.

Police say there is no risk to the public now.

With files from the Lethbridge Herald

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