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Vancouver Police Seized 174 Guns From A Senior's Home During A Wellness Check

They probably weren't expecting that!

Vancouver Police Seized 174 Guns From A Senior's Home During A Wellness Check
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Western Canada Editor

Police officers in Vancouver seized 174 guns from a senior's home during a wellness check.

Staff from Vancouver Coastal Health also responded to the mental health call, where officials found vast quantities of firearms at the property in Vancouver's West Side, near West 15th Avenue and Granville Street.

A 76-year-old man was taken to hospital and placed in urgent care as staff deemed him to be in poor physical and mental health.

In a statement to NEWS 1130, Vancouver Police said that most of the guns were "vintage and from World War Two" and were seized because they were not stored safely.

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      Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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