Barrie man busted while carrying a loaded gun
Two men were busted with drugs after leaving a Ferndale Drive South convenience store shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Police were notified that one of the two men who had just left the store was carrying a gun.
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Police arrived at the store and found the two men nearby.
Both were detained, and a 24-year-old Barrie man was found to be concealing a fully loaded semi-automatic pistol.
He was also in possession of a large amount of Canadian currency and a drug suspected to be hydromorphone.
He was charged with:
- Carrying a firearm and ammunition in a careless manner
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Carrying a concealed weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
- Knowledge of an unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a restricted firearm with ammo
- Possession of a schedule I substance – hydromorphone
- Trafficking in Schedule I substance – hydromorphone.
He was remanded into custody pending a bail hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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