Youth caught with loaded handgun, drugs and cash: LPS
A London teenager is facing several charges involving drugs, weapons and cash.
Around 3:55 p.m. on Nov. 29, London police and OPP found a teenage boy in a vehicle in the area of Taylor Road and Sevilla Park Place with outstanding warrants.
While being searched, police said they found A loaded Tauras 22 LR handgun, 84 Dilaudid pills (hydromorphone and over $4,000 in Canadian currency.
The youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces severeal charges.
- Possess loaded/unloaded regulated firearm
- Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm knowingly not holding a license and registration certificate
- Occupy motor vehicle with a firearm
- Two counts of possess firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order
- Fail to comply with sentence order
- Traffic in a Schedule I substance; and
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 4.
London police seized Canadian currency totaling $4071.45 as part of an investigation on Nov. 29, 2023. (Source: London police)
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