A loaded gun was seized when police pulled over an alleged impaired driver Monday in Markham.
At about 10:50 p.m., officers were patrolling in the area of Highway 7 and Cornell Centre Boulevard when they pulled over a driver for speeding. The driver showed signs of impairment and open alcohol was seen in the vehicle, York Regional Police said in a news release.
Police said a gun was found during a search of the vehicle had been stolen during a residential break-in in 2020 in Kitchener.
Vildredo Edinson Martinez-Fontela, 41, has been charged with the following:
- Impaired operation
- Impaired operation (80-plus)
- Possession of a loaded restricted firearm
- Possession of a firearm without a licence
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order
- Possession of property obtained by crime
- Driving a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor
- Speeding
- Disobeying a lawful court order
The accused was on a lifetime weapon prohibition at the time of his arrest.
