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The RCMP say they’ve made a significant dent in rural crime after shutting down a suspected chop shop near Cochrane.

Charges are pending against five people after the Mounties discovered a large number of stolen vehicles stashed on a property in Morley, about 30 km west of Cochrane, on Thursday.

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Officers were on patrol Thursday night when they pulled on to the property, where they found a suspect with a firearm sitting inside a vehicle with a stolen licence plate, said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff.

While police were speaking to the suspect, police say another suspect arrived in a vehicle that was also stolen.

Savinkoff said five people from the vehicles and the property have been arrested and face a number of charges, including weapons and firearm offences. He said police had been to the property before and made arrests in the past.

“What we know so far is that there are several stolen vehicles on the property, as well as a large amount of car parts inside the residence,” Savinkoff said.