Grande Prairie RCMP has charged one male with numerous firearms offences following a traffic stop.
On Sept. 22, at 11:45 p.m. RCMP were making patrols on 116th Avenue at 96 Street when they observed a suspicious vehicle parked at a gas station. A traffic stop was conducted and as a result of an investigation the driver was arrested for breaching curfew conditions.
During a search of the vehicle police seized 3 rifles and a shotgun. Various types of ammunition were also seized.
Andrew Haugseth, 32, of Grande Prairie has been charged with the following Criminal Code Offences:
- Five counts of breach of firearms prohibition
- Five counts of failing to comply with undertaking
- Four counts of careless use, storage and transportation
- Four counts of possession of firearms knowing unauthorized
- Four counts of unauthorized possession of firearm in a vehicle
- Fout counts of unauthorized possession of prohibited firearm with readily accessible ammunition
Following a judicial hearing, Haugseth was remanded into custody to appear in Grande Prairie Provincial Court on Sept. 28.