A Winnipeg man has been charged as part of an ongoing firearms investigation.
Officers were patrolling the Lord Selkirk Park neighbourhood on Tuesday afternoon when they arrested a man in the area of Selkirk Avenue and Aikins Street.
The suspect was known to police and a search of his belongings turned up a sawed-off Lee Enfield bolt-action rifle and a Glock 19 Airsoft pistol with an obliterated serial number concealed in his backpack.
Dezmend Anthony Warchild Linklater, 23, has been charged with several firearms offences.
He remains in custody.
