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Ten firearms stolen in Petawawa

Norman Jack News Talk 580 CFRA
Published Tuesday, June 13, 2017 1:48PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, June 13, 2017 2:27PM EDT

Rifles are pictured under lock and key at the Shooting Edge in Calgary in this 2010 file photo. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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The OPP in Petawawa is investigating several break-ins that have netted thieves a total of ten firearms.

Police say three storage units were broken into sometime overnight on June 3rd, and two rifles and a shotgun were among the items taken.

They include a Remington 700 bolt action rifle with Leupold Scope, a Mosin Nagant 7.62 X 54 bolt action rifle, and a CIL 12 Gauge single-shot shotgun.

Then last weekend, a home on Petawawa Boulevard was ransacked.

Three shotguns and four rifles were taken.

They include:

12 Gauge shotgun - pump action
12 Gauge shotgun - break open
22 caliber/16 Gauge over/under - break open
22 caliber Marlin lever action rifle
308 caliber Savage lever action rifle
Two 30-30 Winchester lever action rifles

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Petawawa detachment of the OPP at 613-735-0188 or the Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).