Several people were arrested and a firearm was seized after police responded to a home, with guns drawn, on a residential street in Etobicoke early Saturday.
Officers were called to Burma Drive, in the area of Park Lawn Road and The Queensway, at around 7:10 a.m. by a citizen who made a call about an impaired driver.
A resident on the street told CP24.com that he heard police yelling "get on the ground" and looked out of his window to see officers with their guns drawn in front of the home, which was rented out on Airbnb.
Images sent to CP24.com showed officers arresting several people on the lawn of a home where several vehicles were parked.
Police told CP24 that officers responding to the scene spotted part of what they believed to be a handgun protruding from a satchel in the vehicle, along with four occupants.
After investigating, they found a loaded Glock semi-automatic pistol inside the vehicle. According to police, the particular model that was located has been banned in Canada since 1998.
Several hours later, police remained at the scene with search dogs.
Police confirmed to CP24.com that several arrests were made and that a firearm was recovered.
Police later said that four males are each facing multiple weapons-related charges.
Two of the suspects were under court-ordered firearms prohibitions prior to the incident, according to police.
Two of the suspects are from Ottawa and police said one of them had rented the home where the men were arrested through a listing on Airbnb.
According to neighbours, the home was recently listed on Airbnb and there have been problems there with loud parties.
No shots were fired at the scene and nobody was injured in the incident, police said.
- With a report from CP24 Reporter Cam Woolley.
