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Firearms charges dropped

Firearms charges against two people related to a seizure of guns from a 2200-block Spruce Street have been stayed.
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Firearms charges against two people related to a seizure of guns from a 2200-block Spruce Street have been stayed.

Dean Reginald Anderson and Brandy Leah Forget, both from Prince George, were arrested August 8 after RCMP seized a loaded SKS rifle with a prohibited magazine, a loaded sawed-off shotgun, an unloaded sawed-off shotgun and ammunition from the home.

Both were released on undertakings two days later.

A small quantity of methamphetamine and cocaine was also seized along with drug trafficking paraphernalia, but no drug-related charges were pursued against the two.

Charges are stayed when Crown prosecution has determined there is not enough evidence to achieve a conviction.

Although most matters that have been stayed are not reopened, Crown counsel can, within certain limits, restart the proceedings. The time limit is six months for summary matters and a year for indictable matters.