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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.
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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.
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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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