Provincial police detachments in Huron, Perth, Bruce, and Grey counties were involved in a search at a home along the Huron-Bruce border.
OPP say they attended a rural address along Huron-Bruce Road, where a vehicle immediately drove into a farmer’s field to evade officers.
According to reports, the driver was apprehended shortly after driving the vehicle drove into a tree stump.
A second person was arrested at the property, police say, and the investigation turned up a revolver handgun, methamphetamine, $1,300 in Canadian currency, a prohibited knife, and stolen property.
The combined estimated value of the recovered stolen vehicles and property is $117 thousand.
The combined estimated value of the seized drugs is $500.
The combined estimated value of the seized property, weapons and ammunition is $4,950.
A 40 year old man from South Bruce has been charged with:
- Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm,
- Possession of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon obtain by crime,
- Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000,
- Possession of a firearm and ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order – (twenty counts),
- Careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition,
- Possession of a Prohibited Device – (two counts),
- Dangerous Operation,
- Driving while Prohibited,
- Mischief over $5000,
- Mischief under $5000,
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order – (three counts),
- Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Methamphetamine.
A 45 year old man from South Bruce has been charged with:
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000,
- Altering/Destroying/Removing a vehicle identification number,
- Altering/Destroying/Removing a vehicle identification number – (two counts),
- Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition,
- Possession of Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order – (three counts).