WINNIPEG – A frightening array of weapons was seized after police stopped an SUV travelling on Watt Street with an obstructed licence plate.
When police pulled over the vehicle they saw a hatchet inside and placed all four occupants under arrest.
A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a number of items including:
– A hatchet
– A knife and sheath
– Brass knuckles
– Two large machetes
– An operational “stun gun”
– A loaded sawed-off 12 gauge shotgun
– Numerous rounds of ammunition (various types including .22 calibre and 12 gauge rounds)
– Three masks
31 year-old Pierre Flett has been charged with:
– Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
– Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
– Possession of a Weapon (x7)
– Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition (x2)
– Possession of Firearm, Restricted/Prohibited Weapon or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order (x8)
Flett was also processed on an outstanding arrest warrant for:
– Fail to Appear – Promise to Appear (Identification Unit)
23 year-old Roger Clint Genaille has been charged with:
– Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
– Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
– Possession of a Weapon (x7)
– Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition (x2)
– Fail to Comply with Probation Order (x7)
Genaille was also processed on an outstanding arrest warrant for:
– Fail to Comply with Probation Order
35 year-old Jason Hay of Beausejour, has been charged with:
– Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
– Possession of a Weapon (x7)
– Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition (x2)
32 year-old Christopher Anthony Pirart of Beausejour, has been charged with:
– Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle
– Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
– Possession of a Weapon (x7)
– Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition (x2)
– Possession of Firearm, Restricted/Prohibited Weapon or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order (x2)
All four have been detained in custody.