Four people — three adults and a minor — face gun and drug charges after Friday evening bust near High Park.
At around 9:45 p.m. on Friday, members of the TPS major crime and community response units were on patrol along the Queensway and Windermere Ave. as part of an ongoing investigation when officers observed a vehicle of interest.
Following behind in order to determine who was in the car, officers observed the occupants engage in what they believed to be an illicit drug transaction with an individual on the sidewalk, followed by a second at a nearby gas station.
It was then that plainclothes officers descended on the suspects and made their arrests.
While taking the suspects into custody, one of the suspects dropped a loaded .32 calibre handgun — cocked, loaded and with a round in the chamber, police allege.
A quantity of marijuana and crack cocaine was also seized from the suspects.
Facing weapons, drug trafficking, possession and stolen property charges are Dustin Maxwell, 25, Ricardo Rhule, 27 and Leonilia Afrane, 27.
A minor that can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act was also arrested, and faces two counts of breach of probation.
All appeared in court on Saturday.
Anybody with information is asked to call police at 416-808-2200, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
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