NEWS RELEASE
WATERLOO REGIONAL POLICE
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Waterloo Regional Police have charged a male after responding to a break and enter in Kitchener.
On Oct. 1, at approximately 8:15 p.m., police responded to a break-and-enter in progress at a business on Belmont Avenue West. Officers arrived and located a male inside a store. The male was arrested.
During the investigation, officers located and seized a baton, brass knuckles, a conducted energy weapon and a machete. Suspected oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine, cocaine, codeine and hydromorphone was also seized.
As a result of the investigation, a 25-year-old Kitchener male was charged with:
- Break and enter commit theft
- Possession of a prohibited weapon (two counts)
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose (two counts)
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (six counts)
The male was held for a bail hearing.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 519-570-9777, extension 6399. To provide anonymous information, please contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.waterloocrimestoppers.com.
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