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Norfolk County resident charged after OPP seize nearly 50 firearms

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Norfolk County firearms seized
Siegfried Edgar Schuermer, 70, of Norfolk County has been charged after police seized nearly 50 firearms (Photo Courtesy of Ontario Provincial Police).
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A 70-year-old is facing multiple charges after police seized nearly 50 firearms at an address in Norfolk County.

Ontario Provincial Police carried out a search warrant in Townsend following an investigation that began in February.

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Officers charged Siegfried Edgar Schuermer of Norfolk County with two counts of careless storage of a firearm – weapon, prohibited device or ammunition, and six counts of lost firearm or weapon not reported.

Schuermer is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date.

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