MILTON, Ont. - Former Ontario cabinet minister John Snobelen is facing gun charges after police executed a search warrant at a house in Milton.
Police searched the residence on Tuesday and seized a Colt .22-calibre semi-automatic pistol and ammunition.
Snobelen has been charged with careless storage of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and unlawful acquisition of a firearm.
He turned himself in to Halton regional police today and was later released.
Snobelen, 52, was the province's education minister under the Mike Harris government from June 1995 until October 1997.
The high school dropout later served as minister of natural resources but was dropped from cabinet when Ernie Eves succeeded Harris as premier in 2002.
Snobelen will appear in Milton court Feb. 5.
