Homemade gun seized from Toronto teen in King Township

Ontario Provincial Police’s Highway Enforcement Team seized a loaded homemade gun from a teenager in the Township of King on Sunday.

The personally manufactured firearm, also known as a “ghost” firearm, was found during a traffic stop on Highway 400 southbound, south of Highway 9, around 1:00 a.m.

Along with the firearm, police also found and seized an extended ammunition magazine and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Nineteen-year-old Alexander Czerniatowicz from Toronto is charged with ten firearms/weapons related offences and failure to comply with a release order.

He is in custody and scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket, to answer to the charges.