Loaded Firearm Seizure by S.T.E.P

Region of Peel - Officers from the Strategic Tactical Enforcement Policing (STEP) team located a loaded firearm and laid multiple firearm-related charges.

On June 22, 2024, officers from the STEP team investigated an individual in a vehicle in the area of Kennedy Road & Clarence Street in the City of Brampton. As a result of this investigation, a loaded EAA Windicator .357 Magnum revolver, ammunition and illicit drugs were located and seized.

Shailendra Sanichar, a 30-year-old man from Brampton, was arrested and charged with the following offences:

• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
• Occupant of Motor Vehicle Knowing There was a Firearm
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
• Possession of a Controlled Substance

He was held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.

Anyone with information about this matter can contact the Specialized Enforcement Bureau at (905) 453-2121, extension 3504. Information may also be left anonymously by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca. 

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N/R: 24-168
Inc: PR240204430

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