{"id":438486,"date":"2026-01-28T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438486\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:09:11","slug":"4-charged-after-hazardous-chemicals-found-near-western-university-london-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438486\/","title":{"rendered":"4 charged after hazardous chemicals found near Western University: London police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were found in a home near Western University.<\/p>\n<p>London police say they were called to the university early Saturday to help campus police with a trespasser in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a loaded handgun was found at the scene of the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>They say officers determined a second man had been involved in the trespassing incident and further investigation led to a nearby home where the chemicals were discovered.<\/p>\n<p>A 25-year-old and 21-year-old have been charged with unlawful possession of explosives.<\/p>\n<p>A 27-year-old man from Ottawa faces several weapons charges while he and a 26-year-old from London each face one count of break and enter with intent and occupying a motor vehicle with a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2014 Four people have been charged after hazardous chemicals capable of being used to make explosives were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-438486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}