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17 guns, ammunition, pipe bomb and meth lab equipment seized from Winnipeg home

A 27-year-old man is in jail and Winnipeg police have a pile of weapons, drugs and meth-making equipment.

Bomb unit and clandestine lab team help investigators gather weapons, drugs

Winnipeg police found a cache of guns, ammo and drugs in a North End home. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

A 27-year-old man is in jail and Winnipeg police have a pile of weapons, drugs and meth-making equipment.

Officers were called Sept. 24 toa dispute between residentsat a home on Polson Avenue in the city's North End.When they arrived, they met the 27-year-old, who told them he had numerous firearms in the basement, police said.

Investigators, with help from the bomb unit and the clandestine lab team, seized17 guns some loaded and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Police also found a pipe bomb, a quantity of methamphetamine, and equipment and chemicals to produce meth, they said.

The man has been charged with numerous offences and remains in jail, police said.

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