Niagara Regional Police said the domestic violence unit investigated after the man threatened a St. Catharines woman.
A Niagara Falls man was arrested this weekend after police said they seized weapons and drugs at his home while investigating threats to his ex.
Niagara Regional Police said the man had been in a relationship with a woman that ended in January. Police were called on Friday after the man allegedly contacted the woman in St. Catharines and threatened to harm her and her property.
Police said detectives from the domestic violence unit had information to believe the man illegally possessed firearms. They obtained a search warrant and used it on Saturday at the man’s home in the area of Glenholme Avenue and High Street with the assistance of 2 District uniform officers and the emergency task unit.
Police said detectives seized a sawed off shot gun, high-powered pellet rifles, a BB revolver, 35.5 grams of suspected cocaine, 20.4 grams of suspected fentanyl and 30.2 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine.
The 48-year-old man from Niagara Falls was arrested and charged with:
Uttering threats (x2)
Tampering with a serial number on a firearm (x2)
Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order
Having no firearms licence
Knowingly possessing a firearm without a licence
Careless storage of a firearm
Possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine)
Possession for the purpose of trafficking (fentanyl)
Possession for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine)
Possession of the proceeds of crime under $5,000
Failure to comply with a probation order (x7)
Failure to comply with a release order (x7)
Police said they are not releasing the identify of the man to protect the identity of the victim.