(Innisfil, ON) A 47 year old Cookstown man is in custody, after a handgun was seized from a 5 Sideroad residence on Saturday.
Officers received information that the man had taken a gun from his father’s gun safe after an argument. A search of the property was conducted and a loaded .45 calibre pistol was found. It is alleged that the man imported the firearm from the United States a number of years ago. It was not declared or registered at that time. The man has been held in custody for a bail hearing, charged with Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Careless Storage of a Firearm and Possession of a Restricted Weapon.
A Toronto Police Service dog, especially trained to detect firearms, was utilized in the search.
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