Four Ontario residents charged in guns and gangs investigation

Four Ontario residents, all from the Durham region, are facing charges in connection with a guns and gangs investigation.

Durham police say that on July 17, investigators with the police service’s guns and gangs unit concluded an investigation into a male who was alleged to be in possession of a firearm and involved in drug trafficking.

Police say the suspect and a woman were located in a vehicle in Ajax and taken into custody without incident.

Police allege that a subsequent search of the vehicle found over three kilograms (six pounds) of suspected fentanyl.

Investigators later executed a search warrant at a residence in Pickering where a second woman was located and taken into custody without incident.

Police allege a loaded firearm with a prohibited overcapacity magazine and a replica Uzi firearm were located in the home. The loaded firearm was, according to police, confirmed stolen from Georgia, USA.

On July 19, a fourth outstanding suspect turned himself in to police.

Police say 25-year-old Pickering man Jaelin Jared Gamble, 32-year-old Ajax woman Natasha Marie Rotta, 27-year-old Pickering woman Allyson Mae Adams and 25-year-old Pickering man Isaiah Derrick Adams are facing a number of drug and gun-related charges, with the former two facing trafficking-related charges and the latter two facing gun-related charges.

All were held for a bail hearing.

The charges have not been proven in court.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Guns and Gangs Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5800.

Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.