Peel Regional Police – Gun and Drugs Recovered From Traffic Stop

The Voice of Canada News:

Region of Peel – Officers from 21 Division have charged a man from Toronto with firearm related offences.

On Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at 12:01 p.m. officers conducted a traffic stop in the area of Steelwell Road and Tomken Road in the City Brampton. During the traffic stop officers observed a quantity of marijuana readily available to the driver and as a result of a search conducted under the Cannabis Control Act, a loaded handgun was located.

Mohamed-Kher Shariff was charged with the following offences:

1) Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
2) Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
3) Occupant of Motor Vehicle Knowing there was Firearm
4) Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm

He was held for a bail hearing and will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in the City of Brampton on Thursday, August 20, 2020.