A 34 and a 22-year-old male are facing charges after the police recovered a stolen vehicle and prohibited weapons.
It all started at 11 am, Wednesday, July 24th.
Witnesses reported a suspected impaired driver driving in the wrong lane, into oncoming traffic. Police found the vehicle was also stolen from the Boissevain area and the suspects could have firearms.
Just after 11, the police went to the residence of one of the suspects, locating the stolen 1986 blue dodge pickup.
Police set up a perimeter on the residence in the 000 block of 14th St. N, while a search warrant was obtained.
About half an hour later, the police had the 34-year-old male in custody. The 22-year-old wasn’t located until 10:45 pm at a different location.
Around 8 pm the police got the search warrant for the property and found a sawed-off shotgun and suspected matching piece of the barrel.
Further investigation led the police to a rural area southwest of Brandon. There, they found a broken down double-barrel shotgun and other property believed to be stolen.
The 34-year-old male faces charges of possessing property obtained by crime, possession of a prohibited weapon, possess a weapon while prohibited, fail to comply with weapons prohibition order X 2, breach of probation X 2, and breach of recognizance.
The 22-year-old male faces charges of possessing stolen property, and breach of undertaking.
Today is their court date.
