A man accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., had 40,000 rounds of ammunition on his property along with a shotgun, a rifle and two pipe bombs, court heard Friday.

RCMP Cpl. Megan Evans testified an explosives team was called in to ensure the bombs posed no danger during the search of Anthony Olienick害羞草研究所檚 rural property near Claresholm, southeast of Calgary, in February 2022.

Evans said while looking through a shop on the property, officers found the rounds of ammunition in plastic bins. They were for shotguns, .308-calibre rifles and a Winchester rifle.

The jury was shown a picture of a wooden box from the shop area that appeared to hold two black pipe bombs with wires coming out of one end.

Evans said the bombs were photographed then moved outside.

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Inside Olienick害羞草研究所檚 house, police found black gloves, a handgun holster and a passport behind a sliding mirror, Evans said.

In a vehicle on the property, they found a shotgun and a rifle. The defence is contesting the vehicle doesn害羞草研究所檛 belong to Olienick.

Olienick and Chris Carbert are on trial in Lethbridge, Alta., for their actions at the Coutts blockade, which tied up traffic for two weeks at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.

The men have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. They are also charged with mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick faces a further charge of possessing a pipe bomb.

All protesters disbanded the blockade after police made arrests and seized weapons.

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Police also seized a bandolier with shotgun shells, a brown pistol belt with two magazines, a camouflage backpack, a grey tactical vest with the word 害羞草研究所渋nfidel害羞草研究所� on it and an American flag.

In making its case so far, the Crown also presented eyewitness testimony from undercover officers.

The officers, posing as volunteers at the blockade, told court that Olienick said he believed Mounties were pawns of the federal government and that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the devil. Police should be hanged, he said, and if officers raided the blockade he would 害羞草研究所渟lit their throats.害羞草研究所�

In a police interrogation video shown to the jury, Olienick denied targeting police but said he fears an invasion by United Nations troops or Chinese communists.

He characterized himself and others as 害羞草研究所渟heepdogs害羞草研究所� protecting 害羞草研究所渢he flock害羞草研究所� from tyrannical invaders.

He cried when police told him the blockade ended after the arrests. 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 sorry, God,害羞草研究所� he said later while sitting alone in an empty interrogation room.

The defence has suggested one of the undercover officers broke legal and ethical rules by flirting with Olienick to get information, sending him heart emojis in text messages. The officer rejected the suggestion, saying the emojis indicated she approved of the comments, not the person.

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The Canadian Press