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Investigation Results In Seizure Of Drugs And Firearms, One Person Charged

HIGHLANDS-The Haliburton Highlands OPP has arrested and charged an individual following an investigation involving firearms.

 As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the Haliburton Highlands OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), executed a search warrant at a location on George Street in Haliburton on January 21, 2025. Police say multiple firearms, ammunition, other weapons, and suspected drugs were seized and one person was arrested.

As a result, Brian Reid, 41, of the Municipality of Dysart et AL, has been charged with:

·        Possession of Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition order – four counts

·        Careless Storage of Firearm – three counts

·        Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm – three counts

·        Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm – three counts

·        Failure to Comply with Release Order – six counts

·        Possession of a Schedule I Substance

The accused was held for a Bail Hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay.

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