James Park,Orin Moses each face 17 gun-related charges

Toronto police seized four illegal guns yesterday during two operations in the city’s northeast end. Two sawed-off rifles and a sawed-off shotgun were found when the Emergency Task Force raided a home on Ranstone Gardens, in the Kennedy Ave. and Lawrence Ave. E. area, late last night. James Park, 18, of Ajax, and Orin Moses, 27, of Toronto, each face 17 gun-related charges. Park also faces an additional charge of failing to comply with his recognizance. Earlier in the day, officers pulled over a vehicle on Tuxedo Ct., in the Markham and Ellesmere Rds. area, around 2:20 p.m. A loaded gun was found, and the two men inside were arrested. The driver then "pushed the officer to avoid being arrested," police said in a release Friday.


Mujiburahman Safi, 26, and Hakim Yousofi, 27, each face six charges in relation to the gun found in the car. Safi, the driver, was also charged with resisting arrest and failing to comply with his recognizance. The four men were scheduled to appear in court today. Police confiscated four other guns in similar incidents earlier this week. The guns and gangs Unit arrested a man on Monday, seizing a semi-automatic gun and some ammunition. Early Saturday morning, a Cadillac was pulled over in the entertainment district. Police found and seized three loaded guns, and charged the three men inside with a total of 56 gun- and drug-related offences.

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