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A 36-year-old man has been charged after police found a cache of weapons and materials on how to make explosives inside a Regina home.

Police officers were initially sent to a home on the 400 block of McIntyre Street shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday for a report of a child in distress. The home’s occupant allowed police to come inside, where officers located four sleeping children. Police believe the complaint about a child in distress had come as a result of noise from the resident’s dog.

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While officers walked through the house to ensure no one had been injured, they saw guns in plain view, one of which was loaded. This led officers to discover a large store of weapons and ammunition.

Police found more guns, parts of guns, body armour, knives and machetes, information on modifying guns to make them fully automatic and information on making explosives.

Police arrested the man and seized the weapons. Police said arrangements were made for the safety of the children.

The man made his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on Tuesday on a total of nine weapons charges: three counts of unauthorized possession of firearms; two counts ofpossession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition; three counts of careless use of a firearm; and unauthorizedpossession a prohibited or restricted weapon.