Brampton man found driving in Niagara with loaded gun under seat

A 19-year-old man from Brampton is facing numerous charges after police discovered a gun underneath the driver’s seat of his vehicle during a roadside stop in St. Catharines.

Niagara police were patrolling in the area of Church and Niagara Streets when officers spotted a 2006 Audi A4 with unregistered license plates.

They were pulled over and while speaking with the driver, police could see several packages of individually wrapped cannabis in the vehicle.

The driver was arrested and a search of the vehicle uncovered a fully loaded .38 caliber snub-nosed revolver under the driver’s seat.

Police also found a large hunting knife with a 10-inch fixed blade, 143 grams of suspected cannabis, 45 grams of suspected cocaine and 8.5 grams of suspected fentanyl.

Tyrese Amos-Ross Fisher, 19, of Brampton was charged with seven separate offences, including the possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm.

Fisher attended court and was remanded into the custody of Ontario Correctional Services.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact police at 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 1009870.

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