{"id":497254,"date":"2026-02-24T22:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497254\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:54:08","slug":"firearm-seized-by-peel-police-at-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497254\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearm seized by Peel police at traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peel police seized an illegal firearm during a traffic stop in Brampton last week, the ninth firearm seizure since the start of the year. Two men were arrested and face a number of charges as a result. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On the morning of Feb. 18, officers launched a traffic stop on a vehicle close to Main Street and Brickyard Way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=d6aa0ab4-eb5f-4b5e-a251-0e833d984d68&amp;newsId=c4d09e60-75e1-4022-bdb6-950fea3844e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=d6aa0ab4-eb5f-4b5e-a251-0e833d984d68&amp;newsId=c4d09e60-75e1-4022-bdb6-950fea3844e9\">police said in a news release<\/a>. An occupant of the vehicle was detained by officers, and a search was conducted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While the search was taking place, another occupant fled on foot, though he was eventually taken into custody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A search of the vehicle produced a loaded illegal handgun and magazine with ammunition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jamal Reid, 28, of Brampton and Derek Asiedu, 27, of no fixed address were arrested and charged with multiple drug and firearm offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A full list of charges can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=d6aa0ab4-eb5f-4b5e-a251-0e833d984d68&amp;newsId=c4d09e60-75e1-4022-bdb6-950fea3844e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=d6aa0ab4-eb5f-4b5e-a251-0e833d984d68&amp;newsId=c4d09e60-75e1-4022-bdb6-950fea3844e9\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peel police said that since 2024, 161 firearms have been seized by their officers, 30 per cent of which came from traffic stops. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel police seized an illegal firearm during a traffic stop in Brampton last week, the ninth firearm seizure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-497254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-apple-news","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497254","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=497254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}