Sarnia police seized drugs and a handgun in a search warrant on London Line.<\/p>\n
Officers with the Drug Unit, Intelligence Unit and Emergency Response Team conducted the raid on Tuesday, October 6.<\/p>\n
As a result of the investigation, officers seized:<\/p>\n
– 176.05 grams of methamphetamine<\/p>\n
– 54.42 grams of cocaine<\/p>\n
– $1,102.40 in Canadian currency<\/p>\n
– A loaded Taurus 9mm handgun with additional ammunition<\/p>\n
Police said estimated street value of the drugs seized is $16,000.<\/p>\n
A 49-year-old man from Mississauga, who was under a lifetime firearms ban, is facing the following charges.<\/p>\n
– Possession of a prohibited firearm<\/p>\n
– Possession of a firearm while being prohibited<\/p>\n
– Possession of ammunition while being prohibited<\/p>\n
– Possession of a firearm without being a licensed holder<\/p>\n
– Possession of a firearm knowing that they are not a licensed holder<\/p>\n
– Possession of prohibited ammunition<\/p>\n
– Carrying a concealed weapon (firearm)<\/p>\n
– Carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose<\/p>\n
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine)<\/p>\n
– Possession for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine)<\/p>\n
– Possession of property obtained by crime.<\/p>\n
The suspect was not named by police.<\/p>\n
Police said investigators have identified an ongoing trend of individuals travelling from larger urban centres into Sarnia to traffic drugs, often while in possession of firearms.<\/p>\n
This is the second handgun seized from a Greater Toronto Area-based drug trafficker operating in Sarnia within the last three months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarnia police seized drugs and a handgun in a search warrant on London Line. Officers with the Drug…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-925313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925313","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=925313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}