Investigators with the 11 Division Community Intervention Response Team (CIRT) and 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) have arrested and charged an individual following a drug trafficking investigation in Mississauga.

In September, officers with 11 Division CIRT commenced an investigation following community complaints of drug trafficking in the Meadowvale area.

On Saturday, October  10, investigators executed a search warrant at a residence near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Derry Road.

As a result of the search, investigators seized four firearms, including one 9mm automatic machine gun, three handguns, along with a large quantity of drugs, including cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis, hashish and prescription pills.

Daniel Ross, a 40 year-old from Mississauga has been arrested and charged with the following offences unauthorized Possession of Firearm, Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm, Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Weapon, Careless Storage of Firearm, Possession of Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition, Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited or Restricted Weapon, Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Device or Ammunition x3, Possession of Proceeds of Crime, Possession for the Purpose – Schedule I x4, Possession for the Purpose – Schedule III and Possession for the Purpose of Distributing Cannabis x2.