Coutts murder-conspiracy trial hears RCMP found pipe bombs on property of accused

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A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February of this year.

Two protesters are on trial in Lethbridge, Alta., charged with conspiring to kill Mounties at the Coutts border blockade in 2022.A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February of 2022. A man accused of conspiring to kill Mounties at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., had 40,000 rounds of ammunition on his property along with a shotgun, a rifle and two pipe bombs, court heard Friday.

Evans said that while looking through a shop on the property, officers found the rounds of ammunition in plastic bins. They were for shotguns, .308-calibre rifles and a Winchester rifle. In a vehicle on the property, they found a shotgun and a rifle. The defence is contesting the vehicle doesn't belong to Olienick.

 

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