Two Irvine residents charged after multiple firearms seized

MEDICINE HAT, AB —Two Irvine residents have been arrested and charged with multiple weapons offences following a joint investigation between the Medicine Hat Police Service and Redcliff RCMP.

According to a news release, police and RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in Irvine on April 13. Police seized 10 firearms, three of which were prohibited due to modified barrel length. In addition to the guns, police also seized four home-made silencers, prohibited magazines, bear spray, several boxes of ammunition, and 20 grams of marijuana.