Drugs, handgun seized by London police during search

On Jna. 18, 2023 London police executed a search warrant on a residence located on Dundas Street in London, Ont. and seized a handgun and more than $23,000 worth of drugs. (Source: London Police Service)

Two Londoners are facing multiple drug and weapons charges after the execution of a search warrant on Wednesday yielded more than $23,000 in drugs, police said.

According to a press release from the London Police Service (LPS), on Jan. 18 members of the LPS Guns and Gangs section, with assistance from the Emergency Response Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence and vehicle located on Dundas Street.

Police seized the following items during the search:

• 227 grams of cocaine
• 108 TEC/oxycodone pills
• Loaded .22 calibre handgun
• 33 additional .22 calibre rounds of ammunition
• Bundled Canadian and American currency
• Baggies/packaging
• Operational digital scale

Police said the total value of the seized drugs was $23,240.

As a result of the investigation, a 26-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both of London, have been jointly charged with the following offences for their alleged involvement:

• Two (2) counts of possess schedule I substance for trafficking
• Careless storage of a firearm
• Careless storage of ammunition
• Possessing a restricted firearm knowingly not holding a licence
• Possess loaded regulated firearm
• Possess firearm obtained by crime

The 26-year-old man is expected to appear in court on Thursday, while the 25-year-old woman is scheduled to appear in court on March 3 in relation to the charges.