Man caught with loaded gun in taxi charged: police

A man is in custody after police say he was caught with a loaded handgun while getting a ride in a taxicab.

Police pulled over a taxi in the area of Dufferin Avenue and McGregor Street shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday “to address a Highway Traffic Act infraction,” a Monday police news release stated.

Police say the cab’s passenger attempted to flee and was taken into custody. Officers found a loaded, fully automatic Glock 20 Gen 4 handgun with auto sear and learned the man was breaching a firearms and weapons ban.

The 18-year-old man was charged with numerous offences, including possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

He remains in custody.