Attribute to Detective Sergeant Craig Johnson:
A 29-year-old man from the West Coast has been charged with a number of firearms offences following his arrest at Lake Lyndon in Canterbury yesterday.
The man has been charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and one charge of unlawful possession of ammunition.
He will appear in the Christchurch District Court today.
Police inquiries into the incident are ongoing today, and police are also continuing to support the victim.
Further inquiries conducted last night have now established that the victim and the alleged offender were known to each other.
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Issued by the Police Media Centre