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A Mississauga man faces numerous weapons and drug trafficking charges after police in Thunder Bay seized a loaded gun in addition to amounts of suspected cocaine and fentanyl.

The arrest was made on Oct. 1, just over a month after a police task force that targets street gangs in northern Ontario started looking into “an increase in drug trafficking activity” in the northwestern Ontario city located on the shores of Lake Superior.

Ontario Provincial Police said officers with the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team, who began their investigation in August, arrested a man in the Cumberland Street area of Thunder Bay.

Police said officers found a loaded handgun inside the pocket of a man. They also discovered 85 grams of suspected fentanyl, 35 grams of suspected cocaine and $4,000 in cash.

Michael Perruccio, 33, of Mississauga, is charged with:

  • possession for the purpose of trafficking — cocaine
  • possession for the purpose of trafficking — fentanyl
  • unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm
  • careless storage of a firearm
  • knowledge of unauthorized possession …
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