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Man busted with loaded gun

Police are announcing charges against an Okanagan Falls man after a traffic stop resulted in the seizure of a loaded firearm.

The Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Targeted Enforcement Unit pulled over a vehicle on Main street in Okaganan Falls Wednesday.

Inside the vehicle, officers found a loaded, sawed-off double-barrel shotgun.

"Police find this incident alarming as it is the second time in a week they have located a loaded firearm in a vehicle," Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said in a news release.

Samuel Prescott-Perreault, 30, appeared in Penticton court Friday on 11 firearms charges.

He has several previous convictions dating back to 2014 for break and enter, breach of probation and weapons charges.



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