Three Brampton men charged, automatic weapon seized in organised crime busts

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Published March 10, 2022 at 3:31 pm

Police have seized a fully automatic weapon, a stolen car and more than $10,000 in drugs after coordinated raids across the GTA last week.

In the summer of 2021, investigators began looking into a street gang with strong ties to Brampton.

Dubbed “Project Copper” by police, this investigation was aimed at the gang’s involvement in drug trafficking and firearms possession throughout the Region of Peel and the GTA.

On Friday (March 4th) members of the Specialised Enforcement Bureau officers assisted by law enforcement agencies from Toronto, York, Halton and the RCMP executed 11 search warrants throughout the GTA.

Police say they arrested four men including three from Brampton and recovered multiple firearms, drugs and stolen property including:

  • A fully automatic UZI Mini 9MM carbine machine gun with 28 rounds of ammunition and an altered serial number
  • A loaded semi automatic .45cal Glock pistol containing 6 rounds of ammunition
  • Quantity of illicit drugs (cocaine and hashish with an estimated street value of $10,000)
  • Proceeds of Crime (currency & jewellery)
  • A stolen Jeep Cherokee

Marlon Penny, 34, of Brampton, has been charged with:

  • Unauthorised possession of a firearm
  • Knowledge of unauthorised possession of a firearm
  • Possession of a loaded prohibited firearm
  • Possession of a firearm with altered serial number
  • Possession of property obtained by crime
  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking

Jamar Lewis, a 32-year-old man from the City of Brampton, has been charged with the following offences:

  • Fail to comply with undertaking
  • Possession of a loaded restricted firearm
  • Knowledge of unauthorised possession of a firearm
  • Unauthorised possession of a firearm
  • Trafficking a controlled substance
  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of property obtained by crime

Luigi Callisto, 36, of Brampton, has been charged with:

  • Trafficking a controlled substance
  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking

Nicholas McInnis, 28, of Toronto, has been charged with:

  • Possession for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of property obtained by crime

Nick Milinovich, Acting Chief of Peel Regional Police Service, said police are devoted to preventing drug trafficking and illegal firearms activity and assured “that such behaviour will not be tolerated.”

“This investigation is another demonstration of the effectiveness of that commitment which has prevented potential negative outcomes,” Milinovich said.

Penny, Lewis and McInnis were all held pending bail hearings while Callisto was released with a future court date in May at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.

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