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OPP seize over 50 guns at Hillsport

Suspect arrested for uttering death threats
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HILLSPORT, Ont. -- Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 27-year-old man after a weekend incident at Hillsport, about 50 kilometres north of Manitouwadge.

Officers from the Manitouwadge and Marathon detachments responded to a firearms call on Sunday morning.

As a result of their investigation, a resident of Hillsport was taken into custody without incident.

Police executed a search warrant and seized over 50 firearms.

The suspect was remanded to the Thunder Bay District Jail on charges of uttering death threats, pointing a firearm, mischief, careless storage of a firearm and possession of weapons dangerous to the public.

 





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