Two people are facing a number of charges after Peel police officers say they seized a loaded weapon from a vehicle in Brampton.
On Saturday, officers from the Strategic Tactical Enforcement Policing team investigated a vehicle in the area of Kennedy Road and Glidden Road.
Inside, police said they found a loaded Glock 23 firearm.
Get breaking National news
As a result, 32-year-old Quincy King of Brampton is facing eight charges, including obstructing a peace officer, knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition and breach of parole.
Thirty-year-old Kenisha Sobers of Oshawa is also facing charges in connection with this incident.
- Convicted murderer attending McGill law school back in custody Saturday
- Ontario police officer facing 7 charges following multi-jurisdictional investigation
- Owner of vehicle used in alleged triple abduction identified
- Convicted murderer attending McGill law school was ‘the most brutal and evil,’ former prosecutor says
Sobers is charged with knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, and occupying a vehicle knowing there was a firearm.
Both King and Sobers were held for bail hearings and attended court in Brampton.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact authorities.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.