A crossbow and firearm seized in a raid on January 31, 2023, are displayed. Photo courtesy Ontario Provincial Police.A crossbow and firearm seized in a raid on January 31, 2023, are displayed. Photo courtesy Ontario Provincial Police.
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Essex search warrant uncovers weapons, cocaine

Ontario Provincial Police have arrested a 39-year-old man following a raid in Essex Tuesday.

OPP officers, along with the Essex County Community Street Crime Unit, Tactics and Rescue Unit, Emergency Response Team, and K-9 officers, raided a home on the Third Concession Road in Essex.

During the raid, officers seized a crossbow, a firearm, and an unspecified quantity of what is believed to be cocaine, according to Constable Steven Duguay.

An Essex man has been charged with eight counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition in violation of a court order, three counts of careless storage of a firearm and ammunition, and one count of cocaine possession.

The man is also charged with one count each of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition, possession of a prohibited device, and possession of a stolen firearm.

The charges have not been proven in court. The suspect was held pending a bail hearing in Windsor.

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