A woman who was wanted after a gun was found in a hotel in downtown Toronto over the weekend has been arrested and charged.
Toronto police say on March 22 at around 3 p.m. officers attended a hotel near King Street West and Blue Jays Way for reports of a suspicious incident.
Malek El Sayah, 30, of Mississauga, was subsequently arrested and charged with a number of firearm possession offences as well as one count of possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime exceeding $5,000 and three counts of possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking.
The charges have not been tested in court.
He was scheduled to appear in bail on March 23.
Police say a second suspect, 31-year-old Daniela Young, of London, Ont., turned herself in to police on Tuesday.
She has been charged with possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, possession of prohibited/restricted weapon or prohibited device knowing no authority (over capacity magazine), and possession of a firearm while prohibited.
Young was scheduled to appear in bail court on March 24.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-5200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
