The Middlesex OPP Automatic Licence Plate Recognition device was put to work over the long weekend.
While on patrol on Dorchester Road in Thames Centre, the device alerted officers to a possible suspended driver.
According to OPP, the vehicle was seen pulling into a parking lot where a traffic stop was initiated — officers reported the driver, “became resistant and assaultive” when a member of the public helped the officer get control of the suspect.
During a search, police found a loaded handgun which had been reported stolen by Chatham-Kent police.
A 30-year-old London man has been charged with
- Assault with intent to resist arrest
- Carrying concealed weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm
- Possession property obtained by Crime under $5,000 - in Canada
- Driving while under suspension
- Drive vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available
- Driving motor vehicle with liquor readily available
