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B.C. man bailed for assault, weapon offences charged again

Akmal Baluch faces charges of allegedly assaulting three men.
Vancouver Provincial Court
The provincial court database shows Akmal Baluch has further court dates Nov. 28-29.

A Vancouver man given bail in Vancouver Provincial Court on assault and weapons in September appeared before a judge again Nov. 27 on similar charges.

According to a court information sworn Sept. 5, Akmal Baluch was charged with five offences.

He was charged with assault of another man while having a weapon or imitation weapon on Sept. 4.

He is also charged with possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm without a licence or registration.

Baluch is further alleged that day to have transported or stored a shotgun in a careless manner without safety precautions.

Baluch is also charged with possessing a Remington 870 shotgun while prohibited from doing so.

The fifth charge connected to allegations from that day is that he possessed a shotgun for a dangerous purpose.

On his sixth court appearance Sept. 11, Baluch was granted bail with reporting and no-contact conditions. He was also handed a weapons ban.

November charges

Then, according to a court information sworn Nov. 24, Baluch was alleged to have committed a further six offences alleged to have occurred that day, including breach of a release order by having an imitation firearm.

He was charged with separate counts of assaulting three men while having a weapon or imitation weapon.

Baluch was also charged with possessing a prohibited weapon, device or ammunition or oversized magazine knowing he was not licensed to do so.

And, sixth, he was charge with possessing a firearm, crossbow, prohibited weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance or ammunition while prohibited from doing so.

The provincial court database shows Baluch has further court dates Nov. 28-29. He appears to be in custody currently.