March 23, 2023
Members from the Brandon Police Service’s Tactical Response Unit, together with different police sections, have been seen within the 300 block of eleventh St. on Thursday morning conducting a police operation.
Particulars of the operation are unknown, however BPS’s Armoured Rescue Car was on scene with a big battering-ram-style attachment on the entrance of the car. Tactical officers have been seen with rifles and ballistic shields, amongst different weaponry.
Simply after 12:00pm police notified the general public by way of Twitter and Fb that the street was not blocked by police automobiles, however that the investigation was nonetheless ongoing.
UPDATE: BPS Information Launch March 24, 2023
On March 23, 2023, members of BPS Main Crime Unit obtained a search warrant for a residence within the 300 block of 11th road following an investigation into illicit firearms.
Members of BPS ERT and common patrol assisted with executing the search warrant at roughly 10:00 am, and visitors within the space was closed as a precaution. Three people contained in the residence have been arrested and held at Brandon Police Service.
Following the search, police seized a modified COOEY mannequin 82 .22cal firearm, bear mace, a small quantity of meth and a wide range of different weapons.
A 38-year-old male and a 25-year-old feminine will seem in court docket in the present day on expenses of CDSA Possess Meth, Careless Storage of a Firearm and Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm.
A 30-year-old feminine will seem in court docket in the present day on expenses of Fail to Adjust to Launch Order X2, Possess Firearm opposite to Prohibition Order, CDSA Possess Meth, Possession of Firearm figuring out its possession is Unauthorized, and Careless Storage of a Firearm.
