Peel Regional Police – Search Warrant Locates Firearm, Drugs and Cash
The Voice of Canada:
Officers from the 11 Division Community Incident Response Team (CIRT) have arrested and charged two individuals, located a firearm, a quantity of drugs and cash, and laid numerous criminal charges.
On Saturday, April 6, 2024, officers initiated a traffic stop on a Honda Civic near Millcreek Drive in Mississauga. The driver subsequently fled from police.
On Friday, April 12, 2024, a search warrant was executed on the Honda Civic that had previously fled, along with a residence in Mississauga, resulting in the following:
Kashore Panton, a 20-year-old man from Mississauga, is charged with the following offences:
- Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
- Tampering with Serial Number of Firearm
- Careless Storage of Firearm
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
- Proceeds of Crime
- Flight from Peace Officer
- Trafficking in Opioid
- Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (X2)
Keshauna Thorne, a 20-year-old woman from Mississauga, is charged with the following offences:
- Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Possession of a Loaded Firearm
- Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized
- Tampering with Serial Number of Firearm
- Careless Storage of Firearm
- Proceeds of Crime
- Trafficking in Opioid
- Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (X2)
Both were held for bail hearings and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.
The following items were seized:
- Loaded Firearm with obliterated serial number
- Loaded Overcapacity Magazine
- An approximate quantity of 88.5 grams of Cocaine, 88 grams of Fentanyl, and 33 grams of Crack, with an estimated street value of over $33,000.00.
- Approximately $8400.00 in Canadian currency.
Anyone with information about this matter can contact the 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at (905) 453-3311, extension 1133. Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca.
