Police find 174 guns in senior's house during wellness check

Vancouver police say they seized more than 170guns from a senior's home in South Granvillewhile conducting a wellness check last week.

Officers, along with staff from Vancouver Coastal Health, went to a home near West 15th Avenueand Granville Streetto check on a 76-year-old man at the request of his doctoras part ofCar 87, a program that pairs a plainclothes police officer with a registered or psychiatric nurse to do on-site assessments during mental health crises.

Police say the man has dementia and physical health issues.

Most of the 174 firearms found in the home were vintage and from the Second World War.

"The guns were all seized as they were not stored safely," said Const. Tania Visintin with the Vancouver Police Departmentin a statement.

The man was taken to hospital to be seen by a psychiatric professional, she said.