Today, Acting Staff Superintendent Shannon Dawson of East Field Command was joined by Superintendent Steve Watts of Organized Crime Enforcement to announce the seizure of twenty-eight handguns from a Toronto hotel and the laying of 136 charges against an Ottawa man in a firearm investigation.
On Monday, August 21 at approximately 3:00 p.m., police received a call about a number of firearms found in a hotel room in the York Mills Road and Don Mills Road area. It is alleged that staff from the hotel were cleaning a room and found three firearms. Officers attended the hotel, located the firearms and sealed the room. When a search warrant was executed later that day, police found an additional 25 firearms in the room.
In total, officers from 33 Division’s Major Crime Unit seized 20 Glock Pistols, 4 Springfield Armory Pistols, 3 Smith & Wesson Pistols and 1 Sig Sauer Pistol, including magazines.
Ahmed Farah, 30, of Ottawa, was arrested and faces 136 charges including Fail to Comply with Release Order. He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Tuesday, August 22 at 10 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-3300, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.
