Shotgun found outside Charlottetown motel

Charlottetown police are investigating after an anonymous tipster called about a sawed-off shotgun found in a box.

The box was dumped in a ditch outside the Holiday Island Motor Inn on University Avenue.

Police are checking the gun for fingerprints and said so far they have no reason to believe the gun was used in any crime.

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