2 teens facing charges after police discover firearm and drugs during Ottawa traffic stop

Ottawa Police sign outside headquarters on Elgin St. in Ottawa. (CTV News Ottawa)

Two teenagers, ages 16 and 17, are facing charges after police discovered a firearm and drugs in a vehicle in Ottawa.

The Ottawa Police Service says officers with the Vanier/Overbrook Neighbourhood Resource Team stopped a vehicle on Monday in the area of McArthur Avenue and Rue de L’Eglise.

“During the search of the vehicle under the Cannabis Control Act, officers discovered a firearm,” police said in a media release.

“Both occupants of the vehicle, males, aged 16 and 17, were immediately arrested. After their arrest, a significant quantity of crack cocaine was located on one of the suspects.”

Police say the two teens are facing multiple firearm and drug-related charges and “failing to comply with previously imposed Youth Criminal Justice Act conditions.”

The names of the teens cannot be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.