Significant bust removes guns and drugs from Paris home, four people charged

Guns, ammunition and suspected drugs were found at homes in Brant County and Brantford on Tuesday, police said.

Celeste Percey-Beauregard

Local Journalism Initiative 

Four people face charges after a “significant” Ontario Provincial Police bust revealed drugs and an array of guns at a Paris home.

On December 16, the Brant County OPP community street crime unit, supported by neighbouring units, searched both a Paris home on Maple Crescent and a Brantford home on Sheridan Street.

At the house near the Paris Fairgrounds, police said officers found an unspecified amount of suspected cocaine, a loaded “bullpup” compact rifle, a ballistic vest, a 12-gauge shotgun, and two other rifles and ammunition.

One woman from Brantford, and two men and a woman from Paris, were charged with cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking. One was also charged with unauthorized possession and careless storage of a firearm.

In the Brantford home, police said officers found suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and hydromorphone pills, along with two handguns, ammunition, and more than $50,000 in cash.

A man and woman from Brantford were charged with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

The woman was additionally charged with failing to comply with a probation order.

The bust demonstrates the “ongoing commitment of OPP and partner units to combat drug trafficking and remove illegal firearms from our communities,” police said in a release.

Celeste Percy-Beauregard’s reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. The funding allows her to report on stories about Brant County.