{"id":514161,"date":"2026-03-04T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514161\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:36:13","slug":"loaded-gun-found-during-traffic-stop-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514161\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaded gun found during traffic stop in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A handgun and ammunition found during Brampton traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>An 18-year-old faces several charges after a loaded gun was found during a traffic stop in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police say a speeding vehicle was pulled over in the area of Kennedy Road and Clarence Road on Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Upon stopping the vehicle, officers searched under the Cannabis Control Act and found a loaded Glock 17 handgun and magazine with 17 rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-797733\" class=\"wp-image-797733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Malachi-King-Favours.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-797733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malachi King-Favours of Brampton faces weapon charges.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Malachi King-Favours has been arrested and charged with the following offences:<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm<br \/>\nCarrying concealed weapon<br \/>\nOccupant of motor vehicle knowing there was firearm<br \/>\nPossession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm<br \/>\nKnowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm<br \/>\nPossession of a prohibited device or ammunition knowing its possession is unauthorized<br \/>\nCareless driving<\/p>\n<p>King-Favours was held pending a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772645772_111_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 44,915 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,248,738 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1263 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should Ontario keep daylight saving time year-round?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A handgun and ammunition found during Brampton traffic stop. An 18-year-old faces several charges after a loaded gun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-514161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514161","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=514161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}