Police have charged a University of Calgary student after two semi-automatic pistols were found hidden on campus.
The weapons were uncovered by electrical contractors working at the university on Aug. 27, who came across the pair of unloaded .45-calibre handguns located in a false ceiling in the Earth Sciences building.
Police were notified and undertook a seven-week investigation, in which a person of interest was identified early and monitored.
That person, a 25-year-old Calgary man, was arrested today.
He is charged with two counts each of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a weapon obtained by crime and one count of possessing a firearm with an altered or removed serial number.
Police said the risk to students and staff at the university was "minimal."