Alleged firearm ‘chop shop’ owner acquitted

Nov 25, 2015 | 11:14 AM

KAMLOOPS — A man accused of running a firearm ‘chop shop’ out of his Westsyde mobile home has been acquitted of a series of weapons charges due to errors on the part of Kamloops RCMP.

Charles Patrick was arrested in December 2013 after a traffic stop, with police saying they found his with a loaded, sawed-off shotgun inside his jacket.

RCMP alleged a subsequent raid of his home found several other weapons, some that were in various states of modification.