26-year-old Oakville man arrested on firearm and drug related offences

A traffic stop in Oakville resulted in the arrest of a 26-year-old Oakville man after police discovered a loaded handgun and illicit drugs in his vehicle.

Halton police were performing routine patrol when an officer noticed a black Acura sedan with stolen license plates in the area of Third Line and Dundas Street West.

Police say they followed the vehicle until it parked in a nearby plaza where the driver was then arrested.

A subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded handgun, 28.2 grams of prepackaged cocaine, 7.5 grams of prepackaged fentanyl, multiple vehicle master key fobs, and a re-programming device.

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Joeneil Richardson, 26, of Oakville has been charged with the following:

• Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• Careless use/storage of a firearm
• Breach of firearms regulation
• Possession of a restricted weapon with ammunition
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm motor vehicle
• Possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of automobile master key
• Possession of break-in instruments
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
• Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
• Failure to comply with probation order – two counts
• Failure to comply with release order

Police say Richardson has been held in custody pending a bail hearing.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact police at 905-825-4777 ext. 2216.