A 39-year-old man is facing a list of charges after a stabbing, and drug and weapons seizure in St. John’s this past weekend.
Police received reports of a stabbing on Lemarchant Road around 6:40 Sunday evening. When they arrived, they found a 36-year-old man who was taken to hospital for treatment of his injuries.
RNC say the man believed to be responsible was located at a downtown apartment complex around 9 p.m.
Thirty-nine-year-old Stephen Clowe was arrested, and a number of items were seized including a .22-calibre handgun, about 620 grams of cocaine, more than $6,600 in cash and other drug trafficking material.
Meanwhile, a search was conducted at the downtown apartment resulting in the seizure of more weapons, including multiple pellet guns, shotgun ammunition, .22-caliber ammunition, body armour, a bag of 24 Percocet pills and other drug trafficking items.
Clowe is facing numerous weapons-related charges including aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and trafficking.
Other charges include possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon, unauthorized firearm possession, possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized, possession of an altered firearm, three counts of breaching a firearm prohibition, and resisting arrest.
Clowe was already awaiting a court appearance on Oct. 7 on previous drug trafficking charges.
He remains in custody pending a bail hearing on Thursday.