Toronto police charge 6 people, seize 62 firearms after investigation

Toronto police say six people are facing a total of 260 charges after a months-long firearms trafficking investigation.

Officers opened the investigation in the fall of 2021, and carried out search warrants for addresses and vehicles associated with the suspects in May.

Interim Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said the investigation resulted in six arrests, 260 criminal charges and evidence seized that included 62 firearms.

Investigators said they were able to trace 57 of the 62 seized firearms to the United States, and only one firearm originated in Ontario as it was stolen during a break-and-enter last year.

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“This is not a good news story,” Ramer said. “We should all be disturbed by gun seizures of this magnitude.”

Police identified a 27-year-old man and a 29-year-old man, both from Toronto, as suspects in an alleged firearms trafficking operation.

Search warrants were executed on May 28 on addresses and vehicles associated with the two suspects and they were arrested along with a girlfriend of one of the men in the city’s east end.

Investigators located three AK-type rifles, one of which was loaded with 61 rounds of ammunition, five AR-15 type carbine style rifles, 51 semi-automatic handguns, 31 firearm magazines, and a total of 132 rounds of assorted caliber ammunition.

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