Police Seize Drugs, Guns and Body Armour

Friday, January 22, 2010 10:00 AM

Constable Dan Schenkeveld holds modified .308 The stock on this firearm was being held on with electrical and duct tape and one drywall screw

Prince George, B.C.- A local man is in custody and facing numerous charges after police executed a search warrant at the man’s Inlander Street residence.

Yesterday afternoon, members of the Prince George, RCMP Drug Task Force, Crime Reduction team, Downtown Enforcement Unit, General Duty and North District Criminal Intelligence Section executed a search warrant on a residence in the 2600 block of Inlander.

Police seized:

Loaded prohibited .25 caliber handgun with a seven round magazine and matching concealment holster (shown at right)
Loaded, prohibited (heavily modified) .308 caliber rifle
Loaded .22 caliber rifle
Loaded 12 gauge shotgun
Loaded .303 caliber rifle with a bi-pod ( two legged stand at the front0 and a aten round magazine
Cross bow and 12 bolts ( arrows for crossbow)
Prohibited brass knuckles
Miscellaneous firearms parts including what poice believe appeared to be an attempt to build a homemade silence
Ecstasy tablets, powder ecstasy, unidentified white powder and crystalline substances and marijuana ( photo bottom right)
843 rounds of ammunition of 14 different calibers ranging from shotgun to rifle to pistol
Equipment and supplies for assembling additional ammunition
Gang paraphernalia and body armour.

Police say the suspect is well known to police has many prior Criminal Code convictions for serious firearms offences and is already subject to a firearms prohibition from the Court.

Police say they are very concerned that a child appears to stay at the residence and all of the firearms were stored insecurely and within easy reach of the child. According to police, the handgun was laying on the floor just a few steps away from the child’s bedroom.

The accused is expected to appear in court later today to be formally charged.

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Posted by: downnotout on January 22 2010 10:09 AM

why would it be against the law to own body armour?

Posted by: gimmeabreak on January 22 2010 10:20 AM

downandout....

If thats all you can get from this story, you need some very,very,very serious contemplation about your life.

Posted by: Maverick on January 22 2010 10:32 AM

BC passed law last year classifying body amour as prohibited.

Posted by: faxman on January 22 2010 10:39 AM

"Police say the suspect is well known to police has many prior Criminal Code convictions for serious firearms offences and is already subject to a firearms prohibition from the Court."

So how was he able to register his guns?

Posted by: seamutt on January 22 2010 10:58 AM

Was he out in time for lunch?

Posted by: Harbinger on January 22 2010 11:46 AM

No money seized? I guess they didn't have enough time with the seized goods to start making crime pay. And it does! My governments don't need all that to get my money. Unarmed thieves they are, you could say.

Posted by: Loki on January 22 2010 1:11 PM

Has any one noticed from this last series of grow op busts the suspects were all "well known to police", and that those operations appeared to be well established?
Has anyone noticed they were almost all "lengthy investigations"?

That would indicate a few things to me.
The industry is thriving.
This is their vocation.
They are well entrenched in the community.
With all the busts happening in the same short time span, it must all be related or connected.

The article did not mention any gun registration, only that a few of the weapons were prohibited. Again, criminals do not register firearms. only a few law abiding fire arm owners register their weapons.

Posted by: metalman on January 22 2010 2:25 PM

Another scumbag inconvenienced by being held in Police custody for a short while.
His inconvenience and the lost goods are just the cost of doing business for the gangs. Seeing all the weaponry that is seized, and knowing that these busts are probably a drop in the bucket compared to what is going on out there makes me sick.
Our streets are becoming more and more unsafe with all the unsavoury types out there.
All these busts lately feel like good news, but reality slams me back to terra firma with the knowledge that the police are only slowing the gangs down a little.
metalman.

Posted by: hammmy on January 22 2010 3:38 PM

The way this Government performs it makes no wonder people resort to selling drugs. Its tax free money, the pay is good, no fear of getting laid off.If they get caught its only a slap on the wrist. (Build more jails) A large penitentiary in B.C. that housed about 1500 criminals. Can you imagine the job creation. Present a visual intimidation and make them think twice about committing any crimes here, or setting up shop in B.C.Because its only going to get worse.

Posted by: whitewater on January 22 2010 4:02 PM

Wow the police are on a roll. If this keeps up drug addict are going to have to buy from out of town. Say good-bye to the 100-mile diet and buy local idea.

Posted by: PaysHisOwnWay on January 22 2010 5:21 PM

Guns don't kill people......people (including cops) kill people.

Posted by: Quaddin on January 22 2010 5:29 PM

What concerns me is that the obviously had a P.A.L. or they would not have been able to legally purchase the firearms in the first place. I would imagine the firearms are registered. No criminal in his or her right mind would want to draw attention to themselves by having unlicensed guns around.

Well they should get a minimum of 20 years for this type of crime but crap this is Canada. We don't put gang bangers in jail for very long.

In the U.S. they look at these types of criminals for what they are. Life time career criminals and lock them up for 15 to 20 years where they should be.

Posted by: lmorge on January 22 2010 6:09 PM

Quadin and faxman: are you on something? These weapons were either non registered or stolen and in possession of the suspect. If you are already prohibited from owning firearms, you cannot get a PAL, an FAC etc...and if you had one, it would be revoked and physically taken from you by the police.

Posted by: LoveTheNorth on January 22 2010 7:21 PM

The RCMP deserve great credit. The number of drug busts in the last year is amzaing.

The bad guys will eventually move on to places where it is safer and easier to do business.

Thanks to the RCMP

Posted by: faxman on January 22 2010 8:56 PM

"Quadin and faxman: are you on something? These weapons were either non registered or stolen and in possession of the suspect. If you are already prohibited from owning firearms, you cannot get a PAL, an FAC etc...and if you had one, it would be revoked and physically taken from you by the police."

I was being facetious; merely taking a pot-shot at the ludicrous gun registry and the billions of dollars wasted on it.

Posted by: bair on January 22 2010 9:15 PM

Way to go Cops! The number of busts lately is amazing! There is no question that they will have some impact on the bad guys business. We will hopefully read about many more yet.

Posted by: zyblxteu on January 22 2010 9:39 PM

And this is in YOUR neighbourhood,are you surprised?? I should think not.These bikers and associates are after one thing and that is to get there greasy fingers on your KIDS money!!
They are the scourge of the earth,take it from one who knows!!soon there will be none. What really get me is that there were children in the house with all this shit,not cool at all!1I hope the kids were removed from that place and not to be returned till other wise...harsh but gotta be done.
The real crappy thing is his bail,what a joke that is,he should not get bail of any sort!!D.O. NOTHING ELSE..
NOW EACH AND EVERY WEAPON SHOULD BE TESTED TO SEE IF AND WHEN IT WAS USED IN THE COMMISSION OF ANY OTHER CRIME AND CHARGED ACCORDINGLY..
AS FOR THOSE BUNCH OF CRACKHEADS THEY JUST GOT AND SHUT DOWN,THERE REPLACEMENTS ARE ALREADY HERE,back in business soon!!
what ever happened to being driven out of town and told to keep going and do not come back or else!!

Posted by: lmorge on January 22 2010 10:51 PM

Posted by faxman: "I was being facetious; merely taking a pot-shot at the ludicrous gun registry and the billions of dollars wasted on it."

The fact that the suspect had these weapons which were probably at one point in fact legal before they were stolen and or altered, has no relationship to the gun registry. Sh*&rats are going to steal them whether they are legal or not.

Posted by: inmyopinion on January 23 2010 9:20 AM

nice stash, you decide.

Posted by: gus on January 23 2010 9:23 AM

"In the U.S. they look at these types of criminals for what they are."

Right! This person, in the US, would have the right to bear arms. He could also have a permit to carry concealed weapons.

This person, if in the US, would have the right to be a member of a militia and carry such arms and practice with them.

http://www.usabodyarmor.com/faq.htm

Body armour legal in many states unless you are committing a crime. In other words, you have every right to protect yourself as a private citizen going about your business on the gunsligher streets of PG.... :-)

And you can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon on top of that to afford you even more protection if you are assaulted ... :-)

AND, in Alaska, the is no permit required to purchase a handgun, there is no registry, there is no assault weapon law, no owners license required, may carry a weapon concealed or not.

Sounds like if this fellow was in the USA, the State police would have said, "all in order here, but we'll have to take you in for the drugs".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)#Maryland

Posted by: gus on January 23 2010 9:26 AM

BTW, that bottom link is to the State of Maryland which is one of the more restrictive states that has a gun registry. Look at Alaska and vermont for the some of the least restrictive states.

Posted by: downnotout on January 23 2010 9:33 AM

So if I live in the hood and am in an area where there are bullets flying around it would be against the law to have my wife and kids put on body armour to help protect ourselves. Lets get real. Everyone does deserve a chance or two but after that the public deserves the protection that our taxes are supposed to pay for. Put the repeat offenders in jail for along time, they do not deserve our sympathy.

Posted by: MrPG on January 23 2010 2:22 PM

Why is the body armour law so misunderstood? It is not against the law to have body armour, you must have a permit to possess it.

If you're living in a neighborhood where you feel you must put your wife and kids in body armour, it's time to move!