TORONTO -- A 25-year-old man faces multiple charges after Toronto police say he was found with a loaded handgun.

Police say they were patrolling the city's northwest, near Kipling and Finch avenues, when they approached a group of men.

They say one of the men ran away when he saw the officers, but was arrested shortly afterward.

Police allege he was carrying a gun and an unspecified quantity of marijuana.

Jordan Mansingh is charged with several weapons offences, including unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition and weapons dangerous.

He is also charged with drug possession and possession of proceeds of crime.