Firearms investigation leads to arrest of two Ottawa men
Posted Jan 20, 2022 08:41:00 PM.
Two Ottawa men, ages 23 and 24, are facing a number of weapon-related offences after a local firearms investigation.
Ottawa Police Service (OPS) officers say their investigation began in October 2021, with the assistance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), after a man visited a gun store and started buying disassembled handguns.
On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, two men who had just left the same store after making another purchase were stopped by police and arrested. Their vehicle was searched, and police seized a pair of disassembled Glock 19 handguns.
That same day, the OPS executed a search warrant on Frobisher Lane, in a neighbourhood just west of The Ottawa Hospital General Campus, and seized a 3D Printer, 3D printing components, and various firearm components.
Houssine Abdul Aziz Ali, 24, and Zachery Haines-Matthews, 23, both of Ottawa, are facing the following charges:
- Occupy motor vehicle with firearm, sec 94(1) Criminal Code of Canada (CCC)
- Possess firearm, while prohibited, sec 117.01 CCC
- Possess firearm other than restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence, sec 91(1) CCC
- Possess firearm other than restricted or prohibited firearm knowingly not holding a licence, sec 92(1) CCC
Haines-Matthews was additionally charged with the following offences:
- Knowingly manufacture/transfer firearm, device or ammunition, sec 99(1)(a) CCC
- Knowingly possess firearm, device or ammunition for transfer, sec 100 (1)(a) CCC
Both are scheduled to appear in court, Thursday.
