Ottawa police seize loaded rifle in weekend traffic stop – Ottawa

Ottawa police said they seized a loaded rifle and a score of drugs during a downtown traffic stop over the weekend.

Front-line officers stopped a vehicle in the area of King Edward and Mann avenues early Saturday, police said in a statement.

Officers said they found a loaded 9mm Carbine rifle and more than two kilos of cannabis in the car.

Alanna Stern, a 40-year-old woman from Toronto, and Paul Woodside, a 27-year-old man from Ottawa, appeared in court Saturday facing several charges for firearm, drug and Highway Traffic Act offences.

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The Ottawa police guns and gangs unit is handling the case.

This marks the fifth crime gun seized in Ottawa so far this year, police said.