6 arrested as drugs, guns and stolen SUV seized in western P.E.I.

More than a dozen weapons, cocaine, methamphetamine and contraband cigarettes were seized during a search of a home in St. Raphael on Monday, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday.

A second search the same day at a different residence in thewestern P.E.I. community, about 20 kilometres west of Summerside, let officers recovera stolen SUVthat had been reported missing Sept.1.

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RCMPsaid the vehicle appeared to have had parts stripped from it, and there was evidence that it had been hotwired.

A joint force made up of RCMP and Summerside police officers executed asearch warrant on the first home on Monday, and arrested six people.

In addition to the arrests, police said they seized:

• 13 rifles and shotguns.
• 1 taser.
• 115 grams of cocaine.
• 150 methamphetamine pills.
• 14,600 contraband cigarettes.
• More than $8,000in cash.

"Most of the firearms were secured, [but] two were stored unsafely and charges are being considered for this," the RCMP news release said.

"Additionally, other charges are pending and the investigation is ongoing."