A 25-year-old man from Sackville faces a number of charges as part of an ongoing RCMP investigation.
Following a search in May, a warrant was issued for Nicholas Bain in connection to several firearm related offences.
On Tuesday, Bain was arrested without incident at a home on Main Street in Sackville, which was also searched the next day.
Police seized many items including various firearms, bulletproof vests and a significant amount of ammunition.
Bain was charged with 8 firearm-related offences.
- Unlawful storage of a firearm.
- Possession of a firearm for the purpose of committing an offence
- Possession of a firearm without a licence
- Possession of a prohibited device without a licence
- Possession of prohibited firearms with readily accessible ammunition without a licence
- Possession of restricted firearms with readily accessible ammunition without a licence
- Possession of firearms knowing they were obtained by the commission of an offence
- Possession of firearms with altered, defaced, or removed serial numbers.
He is scheduled to appear in Fredericton Provincial court on Wednesday.
He remains in custody and is set to return to court later this month.
