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Criminal charges of possession of illegal firearms and possession of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking withdrawn. The RCMP began an investigation into the possession of illegal firearms and trafficking of cocaine. They conducted several months of surveillance that ultimately concluded with the execution several search warrants and the arrest of several suspects. C.F. hired Christopher Assie. Counsel demonstrated to the Crown that they would not be in a position to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that C.F. knew about the illegal firearms and drugs located in the basement of his home given that they were not in plain sight and that someone else was occupying the basement. In exchange for a statutory declaration in which C.F. was willing to deny knowledge of the contraband in the basement and acknowledge that another person had access to the basement, the Crown agreed to withdraw all the charges against C.F. C.F. was also an avid hunter and the resolution included the ability of C.F. to keep his firearms possession and acquisition licence and have his lawful firearms returned to him.