NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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York Regional Police has seized two firearms and a quantity of drugs after a traffic stop in the City of Richmond Hill. On Search warrants were executed at the suspects’ residence in Toronto, along with a vehicle associated to one suspect. Investigators located ammunition.
Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 at approximately 1:45 a.m., an officer on patrol in the area of Elgin Mills Road and Yonge Street conducted a traffic stop on a red Kia Forte with two occupants. The driver was investigated and police located marijuana in the vehicle. The driver and passenger were searched, along with the vehicle. Police located a loaded handgun on the passenger, an unloaded handgun on the rear seat, along with a quantity of cocaine and cash.
Charged:
• Jarra Shifara, 22, of Toronto
• Cash Dillon, 22, of Toronto
Charges included:
• Possession For The Purpose of Trafficking - Cocaine
• Possession of a Prohibited Firearm with Ammunition x2
• Possession of a Firearm Without a License x2
• Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition x2
• Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized x2
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in a Motor Vehicle x2
• Careless Storage of Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition x2
• Possession of a Weapon x2
• Drive Vehicle with Cannabis Readily Available (Shifara only)
• Possession of Firearm or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition (Shifara only)
• Breach of Probation (Shifara only)
• Carry Concealed Weapon (Dillon only)
York Regional Police remains committed to combating the distribution of opioids in our community. For more information on how partners from across York Region are working together to reduce opioid harms, read the Opioid Action Plan. A video on the dangers of fentanyl is available for viewing here.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-876- 5423, ext. 7241, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anonymous tip online.
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