{"id":517150,"date":"2026-03-06T01:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517150\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:53:23","slug":"loaded-glock-seized-in-brampton-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517150\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaded Glock seized in Brampton traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 18-year-old Brampton man is facing multiple firearm charges after police say a traffic stop for careless driving led to the seizure of a loaded handgun. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An 18-year-old Brampton man is facing multiple firearm charges after police say a traffic stop for careless driving led to the seizure of a loaded handgun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/loaded-unauthorized-firearm-seized-during-traffic-stop-in-brampton-pr260069961\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/loaded-unauthorized-firearm-seized-during-traffic-stop-in-brampton-pr260069961\/\">Peel Regional Police<\/a> say officers with the 22 Division Community Intervention and Response Team were on patrol Feb. 27 in the Kennedy Road and Clarence Road area when they observed a vehicle \u201cspeeding and making unsafe lane changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say officers stopped the vehicle and conducted a search of the driver under the Cannabis Control Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators allege officers found a loaded Glock 17 handgun and a magazine containing rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/YUHPAZAGGBC3HASMSZZK4X6KAM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Seized gun An image of the seized gun Peel Regional Police say they seized during a traffic stop on Feb. 27. (Peel Regional Police) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As a result, Malachi King-Favours, of Brampton, has been charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearmCarrying concealed weaponOccupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a firearmPossession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearmKnowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearmPossession of a prohibited device or ammunition knowing its possession is unauthorizedCareless driving<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say he was held pending a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 18-year-old Brampton man is facing multiple firearm charges after police say a traffic stop for careless driving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-517150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-brampton","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517150","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=517150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}