Four Montreal residents charged after submachine gun, drugs seized in Toronto

Four Montreal residents have been arrested after a submachine gun, ammunition, and drugs were seized in a Toronto police investigation.

On October 2, members of the 52 Deivision Major Crime Unit began an investigation which resulted in the siezure of a MAC-19 submachine gun, as well as ammunition and drugs.

More drugs and cash were seized when officers executed a search warrant at an undisclosed location, the police say.

Tommy Giroux-Chevalier, 20, MC Koeurn Joseph, 20, Jahmeel Jean Pierre, 18, and Juliette Duchesne, 18, are all facing a number of charges.

Some of their charges include: possession of a loaded regulated firearm; possession of a Schedule I substance for the purposes of trafficking; possession of a restricted firearm knowing its possession is prohibited; and possession of proceeds of property or thing obtained by crime not exceeding $5000.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on their Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).