A Smiths Falls resident is facing numerous charges after a weapon was seized during an investigation.
On Saturday, July 12, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers with the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a reported break-in at a residence in Mississippi Mills Township.
Officers located and stopped a vehicle in Carleton Place. A search of the vehicle located stolen property and a prohibited weapon with an over-capacity magazine. The two males in the vehicle were arrested and transported to the OPP detachment.
One male was release without charges.
Eric GOUGH, age 24 of Smiths Falls, has been charged with:
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition
- Transporting a firearm in a careless manner
- Dangerous operation of a vehicle
- Unlawfully in a dwelling
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
The accused remains in custody and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on July 16, 2025.
(Richard Evans)