Edmonton police charge Gibbons man with firearm trafficking

Police charged an Alberta man with firearms trafficking.

In September, Edmonton police started investigating a 50-year-old man from Gibbons, about 20 kilometres north of Edmonton, who they suspected of firearm trafficking, police said in a Monday news release.

Police said the effort yielded “additional evidence” supporting that the accused trafficked firearms.

Police charged Nanthakhone Keomanivong with two counts each of firearms trafficking, careless storage of a firearm and “unauthorized storage location.”

Police ask anyone with information about this crime to call Edmonton Police Service at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Tipster seeking anonymity can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit a tip online at www.p3tips.com/250.

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