Lack of helmet leads to arrest of 41-year-old Mission man for multiple drugs, loaded handgun
MISSION — What began as a basic encounter with police over a minor motor vehicle infraction quickly steamrolled into a full-on police investigation in which a 41-year-old Mission man was found to be armed with a loaded handgun and in possession of meth, coke and other drugs.
According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, a Mission RCMP officer pulled over the operator of an electric moped on Wednesday evening, April 9, along 2nd Avenue near Columbia Street, because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. The man told police he didn’t have any ID on him but provided a name and date of birth. An RCMP member didn’t believe the man and admonished the 41-year-old man that providing a false name could lead to an arrest for obstructing a peace officer. The man then told police he had fibbed and provided his real name.
Police subsequently determined that the man was a repeat offender, subject to conditions of a release order for drug trafficking charges, and was on probation for convictions including carrying a concealed weapon and firearms possession.
During the interaction, the officer also noticed that the man had dropped a package of contraband cigarettes. As a result, the officer arrested the man under the federal Excise Act. Upon being told he was under arrest, the man then admitted that he was in possession of a firearm – which was determined to be a loaded handgun with a silencer tucked into his waistband. An additional search of the man revealed hundreds of dollars in cash, as well as quantities of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis. The man was held in custody for a bail hearing.
