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Audio equipment and two handguns seized by Kelowna RCMP. SUBMITTED/RCMP

Police catch suspected Kelowna thief with handguns, 20K in audio equipment

A 45-year-old Kelowna man was arrested on Nov. 18 when police searched his residence in the 1300 block of Gordon Drive, according to an RCMP press release issued today, Nov. 29.

The raid was conducted after Kelowna RCMP investigated the theft of $20,000 worth of audio equipment from a construction site on Nov. 5.

While searching the man’s home they found the weapons and other stolen audio equipment.

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There was already an arrest warrant out for the man who had been prohibited from possessing firearms and had his driver’s licence suspended.

He may also be charged with possession of stolen property and trafficking in stolen property.

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Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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