Ontario Provincial Police in Lambton County are investigating after a shopping bag containing 11 handguns was found attached to a drone that had gotten stuck in a tree along the St. Clair River near the Canada-U.S. border.
Few details are known, but investigators say it’s believed the handguns were being transported across the border from the U.S. when the drone got stuck in the tree near Port Lambton.
- ‘Heavy heart day’ at Winnipeg Sea Bears practice after player reportedly assaulted
- Student given strap at northern Alberta Mennonite school leads to assault charge
- U.K. man jailed for storing dead mother in freezer and claiming her pension
- B.C. electronic music festival-goers fined for impairment, speeding
Police say they seized the handguns, while St. Clair Township firefighters removed the drone from the tree.
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
No further information was made public. Police say updates will be provided as they become available.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the OPP or Crime Stoppers.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.