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Man caught with drugs and sawed-off shotgun

(ADAM PROSKIW / iNFOnews.ca)

February 03, 2015 - 4:52 PM

KAMLOOPS - One person has been arrested after a man with a gun was seen in the downtown area this afternoon.

Police arrested a 25-year-old man with in an alleyway near a hotel after following up on a report of a man with a gun at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3. The local male was in possession of drugs and had a sawed-off shotgun in his vehicle.

Cpl. Cheryl Bush, a spokesperson for the RCMP, says the man is known to officers and is now in custody while he faces drug and firearm charges.

The investigation remains ongoing.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Glynn Brothen at gbrothen@infonews.ca or call 250-319-7494. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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