Huge cache of guns, drugs, explosives seized in pair of Surrey raids

RCMP says it seized numerous guns, explosives and a variety of drugs and cash in a pair of raids in North Surrey.

Police first searched the property in the 12200-block of Industrial Road on Aug. 22, and arrested a dozen people.

That search turned up more than 13 kg (30 pounds) of explosives, 16 firearms and four handguns, ammunition, prohibited magazines, $10,000 in cash and have a kilogram of suspected drugs.

Police also seized two stolen vehicles, stolen licence plates and radio jammers.

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“Upon execution of the first Search Warrant, the sheer volume of drugs, firearms, and explosives located by police inside this fortified unit over a business visited by the unsuspecting public, may be the most dangerous situation I have seen in my service in Surrey,” Surrey RCMP North Community Response Unit Commander S/Sgt. Nigel Pronger said in a media release.

“Unfortunately in this investigation, crime did not stop with this enforcement, necessitating a second Search Warrant execution at the same location.”

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Mounties returned for the second search on Sept. 10, and seized another three long guns, a silencer, more ammunition, a pair of crossbows, replica guns and more suspected drugs along with over $3,000 in cash.

Eight people were arrested in the second raid.

Police have not announced any charges.