Woman with Uzi-styled modified handgun arrested by Victoria Police on Gorge Road East.
Victoria Police have taken a modified handgun off the streets during an arrest of a woman in the 100-block of Gorge Road East in the city’s Burnside-Gorge neighbourhood.
Victoria, BC – Patrol officers arrested a wanted woman this morning and seized a modified firearm and loaded magazine.
Shortly after 5:30 a.m. this morning, Patrol officers were in a parking lot of a multi-unit temporary housing facility in the 100-block of Gorge Road East. They observed a woman wanted on a warrant for failing to attend court in relation to a previous drug trafficking and weapons possession investigation.
Officers arrested the woman a short distance away and searched her following the arrest. They located a heavily modified, assault-style .22 calibre rifle and a magazine loaded with twenty rounds, as well as ammunition for other firearms. A photograph of the weapon and ammunition is below.
The woman was transported to VicPD cells where she was held to await court. The woman faces several firearms-related recommended charges including carrying a concealed weapon, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and possession of a prohibited firearm.
This file remains under investigation.
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