(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – On December 2, 2022, at 12:31 p.m., a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), while on general patrol, observed a suspicious vehicle travelling on Coldstream Road in Middlesex Centre.
A traffic stop was initiated.
As a result of the investigation a loaded firearm was located within the vehicle. The lone occupant was taken into custody without incident.
Kyle SMITH, a 26-year-old of London, has been charged under the Criminal Code of Canada, the Cannabis Control Act, the Highway Traffic Act, the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act and the Liquor Licence and Control Act with:
- Carrying concealed weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition
- Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was prohibited device or ammunition (two counts)
- Possession of Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Have care or control of vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available
- Drive motor vehicle, fail to display two plates
- Driver fail to surrender licence
- Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle
- Fail to surrender insurance card
- Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor
The accused was held for a bail hearing.
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