An Island Lake RCMP officer on their way to the store stopped a heated discussion and ended up seizing a gun and six knives on April 5.
The officer was driving to the Northern Store at the end of a work day when they saw a man known to police in a tense conversation with another community member. The officer stopped to make sure everything was OK and learned that the man was barred from Garden Hill First Nation and that he was carrying drugs.
After the man was taken into custody, a search of his vehicle uncovered a sawed-off shotgun, six knives and a large amount of ammunition. The suspect had four outstanding warrants related to drug charges and is prohibited from possessing firearms.
Preston Kakegamic, 31, was remanded into custody on firearms charges and for failing to comply with conditions of an undertaking.