NEWS RELEASE
TORONTO POLICE SERVICE
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The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of arrests made in a firearm investigation.
It is alleged that:
Officers from the West Command Gun Violence Suppression Unit (GVSU) commenced an investigation into a man believed to be armed with a handgun.
On Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, further investigation led officers from the Toronto Police Mobile Surveillance Service, GVSU and the Gun and Gang Task Force to an address in the City of Barrie. Outside of the address, a man and two accomplices were located inside of a vehicle. All three men were arrested without incident.
A search of the vehicle yielded a loaded 40 calibre Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun and a large quantity of Fentanyl. A further amount of Fentanyl was located on one of the accused during a search at the station and was seized accordingly.
Tevin Francis, 23, of Toronto, has been charged with:
- Occupy motor vehicle with firearm
- Careless storage of firearm
- Possess loaded firearm
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm knowingly not holding a licence and registration certificate
- Two counts of possess firearm while prohibited
- Two counts of possess ammunition while prohibited
- Possess firearm obtained by crime
- Two counts of possession of scheduled I substance for purpose of trafficking CDSA
Jaivon Skyers, 23, of Toronto, has been charged with:
- Occupy motor vehicle with firearm
- Careless storage of firearm
- Possess loaded firearm
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm knowingly not holding a licence and registration certificate
- Possess firearm while prohibited
- Possess ammunition while prohibited
- Possess firearm obtained by crime
- Two counts of possession of scheduled I substance for purpose of trafficking CDSA
Abhinav Gaur, 25, of Barrie, has been charged with:
- Occupy motor vehicle with firearm
- Careless storage of firearm
- Possess loaded firearm
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
- Possess restricted or prohibited firearm knowingly not holding a licence and registration certificate
- Possess firearm obtained by crime
All three men were scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at Old City Hall, 10:00 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-3100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
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