An RCMP officer testified Friday that rifles, body armour and buckets full of ammunition were found in a modular home near the border blockade at Coutts, Alta.

Const. Daniel Sauve, who was tasked with collecting evidence, said two rifles were found in the home in the village during an early morning police raid in February 2022.

The guns were inside a soft carrying case in a closet, he said, and cans of ammunition and boxes of shotgun shells were found throughout the home.

害羞草研究所淢embers who were searching would let me know if they found something. They would tell me where,害羞草研究所� Sauve told the jury.

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Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick are on trial charged with conspiracy to commit murder of police officers.

They were arrested after police raided the home and travel trailers on private property near the blockade over COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates. The protest paralyzed traffic at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing for two weeks.

Sauve was shown photos of evidence seized from the mobile home, which also included body armour, a bandolier containing shotgun shells, and a pistol holder.

He held up some seized items inside plastic bags as they were added as exhibits 害羞草研究所� 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� and an American flag.

Sauve also gathered evidence from one of the trailers, where assault-style rifles, a shotgun, a pistol, ammunition and body armour were discovered. There was also a firearms licence in Carbert害羞草研究所檚 name.

害羞草研究所淲here was that found?害羞草研究所� asked Crown prosecutor Aaron Rankin.

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During cross-examination, Olienick害羞草研究所檚 lawyer, Marilyn Burns, pointed out that a .308-calibre Spectre rifle was seized but no matching ammunition. She also questioned how some police photos were set up, including one with a .22-calibre rifle next to .223-calibre ammunition.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 suggesting that these photographs were staged for effect. Were you there when the items were moved?害羞草研究所� Burns asked.

害羞草研究所淚 was not involved in any staging of any exhibit,害羞草研究所� Sauve said.

Olienick and Carbert are also charged with mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Olienick faces a further charge of being in possession of a pipe bomb.

The jury was set to resume hearing evidence Monday. The judge has said the trial is likely to run until mid-July.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 21, 2024.

害羞草研究所� By Bill Graveland in Calgary

The Canadian Press