A Boston fire lieutenant is facing slew of weapon and drug charges despite a previous order to surrender his weapons after his wife filed a restraining order and police searched his home.

Joshua Thompson, 38, is charged with more than 40 charges related to weapons, including improper storage of large capacity firearms, as well as charges of trafficking methamphetamine and violating an order to surrender his weapons.

Despite being required to surrender all of his weapons earlier this summer, Milton police found five unregistered assault rifles, five unregistered handguns, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 76 magazines, four ballistic vests, and tourniquets at Thompson’s home, a police report filed in Quincy District Court said.

The weapons were allegedly staged at entry points to the house, po

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