NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have charged a 20-year-old man with drug trafficking and firearms offences in the City of Vaughan.
On Tuesday, June 18, 2019, investigators conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle being operated by a man believed to be involved in trafficking illegal drugs. The vehicle was stopped in the area of Forest Fountain Drive and Sonoma Boulevard and the suspect was placed under arrest.
During a subsequent search of the vehicle, investigators located a loaded handgun, along with substances believed to be purple heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. A search warrant was executed at the accused’s residence in the City of Toronto where investigators located a quantity of fentanyl.
Charged:
- Brian Musa, 20, City of Toronto
Charges Include:
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of ammunition in a motor vehicle
- Trafficking a controlled substance
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking x5
- Fail to comply with recognizance
Mr. Musa has been held in custody and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket for a bail hearing on June 24, 2019.
If you have concerns in your community where you suspect illegal activity may be occurring, don’t hesitate to report it. Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com.
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