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Calgary police fear that $10,000 worth of weapons stolen from a northeast sporting-goods store on Wednesday will turn up in future violent crimes.

The handguns and rifles were taken while a store manager worked in a back room at Cabela’s, at 851 64th Ave. N.E.

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“It’s very concerning because the inference is, these guns were targeted specifically to be used in illicit offences,” Staff Sgt. Quinn Jacques with the Calgary Police Service’s guns and gangs unit told reporters Wednesday.

“These are quality firearms and I know in two or three weeks, or two or three months, we’ll be finding these at the scenes of violent offences.”

Officers were called around 6:30 a.m. to respond to reports of a break-in at the store.

When they arrived, they found the front doors on the north side of the business had been smashed with a hammer or bar, and several weapons had been stolen.

The incident took place around 4:40 a.m. but was not noticed until about two hours later when staff started arriving for work.