A Chatham man faces severals weapons-related offences after an incident on Thursday.
Police officials say yesterday afternoon, an officer on general patrol observed four men walking together in the area of Park Street and Princess Street in Chatham.
As the man conducted a suspicious hand to hand transaction with another man, the officer stopped to further investigate.
Upon being searched incident to arrest, the man was found to be in possession of a backpack which contained a 9mm handgun, sawed off .22 calibre rifle, ammunition, marihuana and other drug paraphernalia.
The 32-year-old Chatham man has been charged with 26 weapon related offences and one count of possession for the purposes of trafficking.
He has been held in custody pending a bail hearing.
