FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:35am
(Ottawa) –Yesterday, a Neighbourhood Resource Team (NRT) officer stopped a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act infraction at the intersection of Walkley Road and Bank Street at approximately 1:30pm.
Further investigation by the officer revealed that the driver was breaching conditions and he was arrested without incident. The search incident to arrest led to the seizure of a loaded handgun, a quantity of cocaine, drug packaging, cell phones and Canadian currency.
Ahmed HASSAN, 25 years old, of Ottawa has been charged with:
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Transports Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
- Possession of a Weapon
- Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted Weapon Obtained by Crime
- Possession of a Firearm Knowing in Possession is Unauthorized
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Weapon
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Possession of a Scheduled I substance for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under $5000
- Fail to Comply with Conditions of Undertaking given by Officer in Charge
He is scheduled to appear in court today.
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