Quebec man facing weapons charges after RCMP find weapons, homemade bombs

QUEBEC — A Quebec man is facing weapons charges after RCMP officers found about 10 homemade bombs as well as firearms, ammunition and weapons at his home.

RCMP say in a news release that 47-year-old Karl Maheux of Ancienne-Lorette was arrested Friday and is facing charges of possession of prohibited devices without a licence and careless storage of a restricted weapon.

Officers searched Maheux’s Quebec City-area home after the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a package containing a silencer designed to muffle the sound of a gun.

The news release say RCMP officers found about 10 homemade bombs, chemicals including potassium nitrate, firearms, silencers, ammunition and prohibited weapons, including weapons similar to brass knuckles.