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A 22-year-old is facing more than a dozen charges following a police response to a weapons incident in Thunder Bay.
Officers were sent to the Amelia Street West area on Friday morning after receiving reports that someone had been seen with a possible firearm.
Officers located a man matching the description they were given.
The man tried to run but he was arrested.
The suspect had suspected fentanyl and crack cocaine in their possession.
As a result, a 22-year-old is facing the following charges:
- Assault with a weapon
- Careless use of a firearm
- Pointing a firearm
- Possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Carrying concealed weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Using a firearm to commit an indictable offence
- Failure to comply with release order (three counts)
- Possession of firearm contrary to prohibition order
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine)
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (fentanyl) (two counts)
The accused remains in custody with a future court date.
