Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid close to a dozen charges after executing a search warrant in Leamington.
According to the OPP, a search warrant was executed early Wednesday morning at a home on Fox Street.
Members of the OPP West Region Crime Unit, the Essex County and Lambton Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Canine Unit, and Tactics and Response Unit (TRU) led the search and arrested one person without incident.
A 28-year-old from Leamington has been charged with the following:
- Utter Threats - Cause death or Bodily Harm
- Possession of Weapon for Dangerous Purpose
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Careless Use of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited device or Ammunition
- Assault with a Weapon
- Possession of Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with ammunition
- Careless storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited device or ammunition
- Possession of Prohibited device or ammunition
- Unauthorized possession of a Firearm
- Possession of prohibited or restricted Firearm with ammunition
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
Police did not say if they seized any items.
The individual remains in custody pending a bail hearing.