Police responding to an emergency call from the Downtown Eastside discovered a stash of weapons in a tent in Oppenheimer Park.

The Vancouver Police Department stated today (February 27) that they received a 911 call about a domestic dispute in progress in a tent in Oppenheimer Park in the evening on February 25.

Upon arrival, officers discovered numerous weapons inside the tent, which is believed to be a shared or communal tent.

Police seized nine guns, a small quantity drugs, and several other weapons, which are in police possession and will be destroyed.

Several guns are being examined to determine if they are replicas or real.

The seized items include:

• one airsoft Glock handgun
• one SKS rifle
• one airsoft AR-15
• two 6mm cal. orange handguns
• one silver revolver
• suspected replica Uzi
• suspected replica rifle receiver
• one rifle butt stock sawed off
• seven cans of bear spray
• one compound hunting bow
• over 30 knives
• two machetes
• two axes
• two smoke grenades
• two smoke bombs
• one pair of handcuffs
• various shotgun shells and rifle ammunition
• over a dozen propane tanks
• drugs, including powders, pills, and liquids
• several bicycles