Drug investigation leads police to teen wanted for over 40 offences

A 17-year-old faces a long list of charges from regional police, and could be on the hook for more from other police forces following a local drug investigation.

It was on Tuesday when officers arrested that teen alongside a 22-year-old man here in Waterloo Region, seizing suspected meth, fentanyl and oxycodone.

Also taken by Waterloo regional police was a loaded handgun, along with an extended magazine.

They later found that the teen was wanted on the strength of a warrant by several other police services, including Toronto Police, the Peel Regional Police Service, Thunder Bay Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police.

A release from our local police reads that the teen was wanted for over 40 offences, including eight counts of robbery, theft of a motor vehicle involving violence and five counts of possession of property obtained by crime.

That 22-year-old, hailing from the Greater Toronto Area, was also found to be wanted on a warrant from Toronto’s police service for offences like possession for the purpose of trafficking, obstruct peace officer and failing to comply with a release order.

As a result of the local drug investigation, that 17-year-old now faces the following charges:

• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Carry concealed weapon
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• Possess restricted firearm with ammunition (loaded)
• Possess prohibited device (extended magazine)
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
• Possession of firearm knowing possession unauthorized
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule I substance
• Fail to comply with Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) sentence
• Fail to comply with release order (three counts)

The 22-year-old GTA man was also charged for fail to comply with release order, along with possession of a Schedule I substance.

Both those individuals have been held in police custody for a bail hearing.

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