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Three Londoners, including a 14-year-old, are facing a raft of charges after police seized a stolen vehicle, two loaded guns and nearly $10,000 in illegal drugs.
On Friday at about 10:40 p.m., London police say officers saw an all-terrain vehicle with three passengers driving dangerously in the area of Shelborne Street and Commissioners Road East in the city’s southeast.
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When officers tried to stop the vehicle, it drove toward a green space behind a nearby plaza, police said. Officers found the ATV abandoned and found out it was reported stolen by another police agency.
London police, with help from their canine unit, searched the area and arrested one man, police said.
Police say a search found a loaded, banned semi-automatic rifle with a defaced serial number, 31 grams of suspected fentanyl worth $4,650, and 50 grams of suspected crack cocaine worth $5,000.
Officers received information that two more suspects left the area in a taxi, police said. They were later arrested in the 300-block of Hilton Avenue, police said. A loaded, sawed-off shotgun with a defaced serial number was seized.
Two men, ages 20 and 21, and a 14-year-old boy have been jointly charged with:
- Two counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possessing a loaded regulated firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing the serial number has been tampered with
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
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None of the men can be named, for risk of potentially identifying the 14-year-old who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The 20-year-old faces three additional charges of possessing a firearm with a tampered serial number, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and careless storage of a firearm.
The 14-year-old is also facing additional charges of failing to comply with both a sentence and an undertaking, and possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order.
All three of the accused were expected to appear in court Monday.
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