Gun – Goderich Free Press

(CALEDON, ON) – Officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized a loaded handgun from a vehicle during a RIDE spot check.

On June 21, shortly after 11:30 p.m., Caledon OPP was conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) spot check in the area of Innis Lake Road and Healey Road. A vehicle entered the area and a preliminary investigation led officers to conduct a search. A loaded handgun was subsequently located. All three occupants were placed under arrest.

As a result of the investigation, AKASHDEEP SINGH, 24, of Brampton, was charged with:

• Careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm

• Knowledge of an unauthorized possession of a firearm

• Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a firearm

• Drive vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available

• Possession of a schedule 1 substance – Heroin

• Breach of firearms regulations – transport firearm or restricted weapon

• Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition

MAMINDER SINGH, 25, of Brampton, as well as NAVSAGAR SINGH, 23, of Caledon, were also both charged with:

• Careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm

• Knowledge of an unauthorized possession of a firearm

• Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a firearm

• Breach of firearms regulations – transport firearm or restricted weapon

• Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition

All three accused were held for a Bail Hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.

If you observe unusual activity in your community, report it immediately to police by calling 911. Make note of vehicle licence plates if you can. You can also provide information anonymously by contacting Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.peelcrimestoppers.ca. When you contact Crime Stoppers you stay anonymous, you never have to testify.

An imitation firearm prompted a very real police response downtown Thursday morning.

Just before 10:30 a.m. an employee of a business on Wyndham Street North reported a male with whom he had a previous interaction had walked by while looking at him and holding what the caller believed to be a real firearm.

Several officers responded and less than five minutes later located the suspect walking on Wyndham Street North near Woolwich Street. Believing he could be in possession of a firearm officers ordered the male to the ground at gunpoint. A black and silver imitation firearm was located on his person.

During the search officers also located two Canadian passports believed to be stolen.

A 35-year-old Guelph man is charged with assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and two counts of possessing stolen identity documents. The man was also found to be wanted by another police service and was turned over on the outstanding warrant. He will appear in court on the Guelph charges May 21.