A Cape Breton man is facing multiple charges related to firearms and stolen vehicles as part of an ongoing police investigation that involves a rural salvage yard and a former elementary school.

Cape Breton Regional Police are remaining tight-lipped about the investigation. For the past several days, police and private security have been guarding Bill Young's Auto-Body Salvage in Little Pond, N.S., and the former elementary school in nearby Florence.

It's not clear how the sites, which are about …