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On August 3, 2023, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) detectives assigned to the 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) Street Crime Unit received judicial authorization to execute a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a motel in Niagara Falls.

Upon execution of the search warrant police located a silver Ruger .22 Long Rifle Mark II target handgun with the serial number scratched off. The firearm was subsequently seized and sent to the Centre of Forensic Science by the NRPS Forensic Services Unit for DNA analysis.

On January 22, 2025, a DNA profile was extracted from the Ruger handgun and a male suspect was identified. On Monday, February 24, 2025, uniform members arrested Mohammad Daysir AL SHABO (19 years) and charged him with the following Criminal Code offence:

-          Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm

AL SHABO was held in custody and is scheduled to attend the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse, located at 59 Church Street in the City of St. Catharines on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously are encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information that leads to an arrest.

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