Undercover cops bust two on gun and drug trafficking charges

By News Staff

Posted Mar 21, 2012 02:52:58 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Police have arrested two men on gun and drug trafficking charges, following an undercover investigation.

The men were nabbed by undercover officer who bought crack cocaine from them in the Heatherington and Albion Road area Tuesday.

When police searched their car, they found a 9 milimetre glock, crack cocaine and over $1,500 in cash.

Al-Shammari Ahmed and a 17-year-old boy are charged with drug trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and transporting a firearm among other charges.

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