A man found squatting in a Salmon Valley faces a handful of firearms-related charges.
Ryan John Moore, 27, was arrested on Friday afternoon when police were called to a report of unwanted persons in the home and refusing to open the door.
On the basis of what they saw when they entered the home, RCMP obtained a search warrant and seized two loaded firearms - a pistol and a long gun - an unloaded long gun, brass knuckles, ammunition, and small amounts of cocaine, psilocybin, and heroin/fentanyl.
Moore, who is well known to the police and courts, was subsequently charged with careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and two counts of possessing a loaded firearm.
Moore was released on $5,000 bail on Monday and is next scheduled to appear in court on June 5.
A woman who was located in a nearby vehicle and also arrested was later released without charges.
