By Tom Summer  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Firearms seized by RCMP will not be returned to Benjamin James Jackson, a member of the McLeod Lake Indian Band, but his licence will. An appeal from Jackson was sought for the return of the 12 weapons, after he was arrested and released by RCMP on March 19, 2023 on an undertaking relating to an allegation that he uttered or conveyed a threat to injure an animal. The firearms and one possession and acquisition licence (PAL) were seized by police from Jackson’s residence, and he submitted that the RCMP failed to make an application extend the detention order and that there were no proceedings where the seized items would be required. The RCMP filed applied for the detention of the seized items on Apr.

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