Numerous gun charges laid in traffic stop near Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario

A Toronto man is facing numerous gun and drug charges after a late night traffic stop near Pearson Airport in Mississauga led to the recovery by police of a loaded gun and an amount of drugs.

Peel Regional Police said in a news release issued Tuesday that officers with the force’s Strategic Tactical Enforcement Policing team investigated a vehicle in a parking lot in the area of Matheson Boulevard East and Satellite Drive at about 12:40 a.m. this past Sunday.

Police said one man was inside the car, which was parked in the lot of a complex.

“The lone occupant of the vehicle attempted to conceal a satchel while speaking to investigators,” police said.

Subsequent investigation led to the discovery of the gun and drugs.

The Peel police STEP team is a specially trained squad of officers that patrols the streets in search of criminals who pose specific threats to the public, particularly threats that involve guns and other violence.

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Kevin Mayne, 48, of Toronto, is charged with:

• unauthorized possession of firearm
• knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm
• unauthorized possession of a prohibited device or ammunition
• possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
• careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device, or ammunition
• occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was firearm
• tampering with serial number of firearm
• possession of firearm contrary to order
• possession for the purpose of trafficking

He was held pending a bail hearing in Brampton court.

Anyone with information about this matter can contact police at 905-453-2121, ext. 3504, or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

In an unrelated series of incidents, the Peel police STEP team arrested seven men and seized nine guns in a number of recent traffic stops near Pearson Airport.