Police seize firearms, stolen ID and drugs from Kamloops residence

Kamloops RCMP have seized several illegal weapons, stolen identification and drugs after searching a rental unit two blocks from a homewhere a mid-day shootinghappened onOct. 23.

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Local police and the Kelowna RCMPEmergency Response Team searched a rental propertynot far from the shooting sceneon Oct. 27, after some investigation.

Inside they found four firearms, bear spray, a mace, a taser and identification cardsof 37 different people, 14 of which hadreported identification cards as stolen.

Police also found marijuana and an unknown white powder, which has been sent to Health Canada for analysis.

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Police said the items found in the search were concerning because an uninvolvedfamily with small children lives upstairs.

"The kind people who would have weapons of this type, obviously there's a criminal element there," said KamloopsRCMPCpl. Jodi Shelkie.

"These are people who are going to have crime happening around them and you don't want children around that."

"Gunfire is dangerous to anybody but especially you wouldn't want a small child to be injured."

RCMPsaid they have contacted the landlord of the residence under scrutiny.