DURHAM -- Handguns were seized by Durham police in three separate incidents Tuesday.
In one instance cops were contacted when a gun was found and in two others traffic stops led to the seizure of guns and charges being laid, police said.
- Just before 11 a.m. Tuesday a construction crew clearing a lot on Toy Avenue in Pickering unearthed a .40-calibre Glock handgun and ammunition that appears to be for a variety of firearms, police said. They called cops who took possession of the gun and bullets.
- In a second incident officers in an unmarked car in Scarborough pulled over a car they saw being driven quickly and aggressively on westbound Hwy. 401. Officers were in the process of citing the driver for traffic infractions when a passenger bolted, police said.
Cops chased the suspect for some time during which he leapt over fences before police nabbed him. A loaded .457 Magnum handgun was found during the arrest, police said. Officers also found more than 100 ecstasy pills in the suspect's possession.
Andrew Cort, 47, of Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough is charged with drug and weapons charges. The driver, 31-year-old Lloyd Mark Noel of North York, is charged with dangerous driving and driving while under suspension.
- The third gun was seized during a traffic stop in the area of Finch Avenue and Liverpool Road in Pickering just after 11 p.m. Tuesday. Members of Durham's Gang Enforcement Unit found an unloaded .38-calibre handgun in the car and charged two 17-year-old males from Pickering with weapons offences.
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