A 19-year-old man is facing a lengthy list of charges after RCMP carried out search warrants in two communities in western New Brunswick.
During the searches in Maple Ridge and Centreville last week, police seized 17 firearms and a quantity of drugs including what’s believed to be methamphetamine, cocaine and dilaudid.
Sebastien Gerald Blaney from Maple Ridge was charged with unsafe storage of a firearm and possession of cocaine for trafficking.
On Monday, he was charged with 12 additional offences:
- three counts of possession of a loaded prohibited firearm without licence
- three counts of possession of a prohibited firearm without licence
- possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking
- possession of prohibited devices
- possession of prohibited weapons
- possession of a defaced/altered firearm
- unsafe storage of a firearm
He is being held in custody until his next court appearance at a later date.
