Oxford County OPP have charged a Tillsonburg man with numerous firearms-related counts after investigating a suspicious vehicle.

Police responded to a parking lot at 192 Lisgar Avenue in Tillsoburg shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

As a result of the investigation, 26-year-old James Cayford is facing 23 charges including:

  • impaired care and control of a motor vehicle
  • six counts of failing to comply with order of probation
  • two counts of careless storage of a firearm
  • possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
  • two counts of knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • two counts of possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order
  • possession of ammunition contrary to prohibition order
  • two counts of careless storage of a firearm
  • two counts of occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a firearm
  • two counts of possession of a firearm obtained by crime
  • possession of ammunition obtained by crime
  • impaired care and control over 80

He was held in custody pending a bail hearing in Woodstock.