Two men are in police custody after a police raid led to the seizure of a gun and over $100,000 worth of drugs.
Officers with the London Police Guns and Drugs Section searched a home on Waterloo Street on Thursday. They seized a loaded semi-automatic 9mm handgun that had its serial number missing, 52 rounds of ammunition, three magazines, an overcapacity magazine, cocaine, fentanyl, oxycodone, and crystal methamphetamine. They also seized about $25,000 in cash.
A 26-year-old London man and a 26-year-old man from Pickering are each charged with two counts of careless storage of a firearm, two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of a prohibited firearm without a licence, possession of a loaded regulated firearm, possession of a firearm knowing the serial number had been tampered with, and four counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to www.londoncrimestoppers.com.