Man, woman charged after police seize drugs, gun during Mississauga raid

Kobe Archer, 24, of Mississauga, right, and Rhianna Spanish, 18, of Sheshegwaning First Nation, in Ontario, are each facing several charges after police raided a residence in Mississauga. (PRP photos)

A man and a woman are each facing several charges after police in Peel Region allegedly seized drugs and a gun during a recent raid in Mississauga.

On Jan. 7, Peel Regional Police said patrol officers received a call for a suspected overdose of an illicit drug, which resulted in an investigation into the source of the drugs.

Nine days later, on Jan. 16, officers executed a search warrant at a residence near Roche Court and Fowler Road, near the Queen Elizabeth Way and Erin Mills Parkway, in Mississauga.

There, they allegedly located a man in possession of a loaded illegal gun as well as a large quantity of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, Percocet tablets, and cannabis.

Two people were subsequently arrested and held in custody pending a bail hearing at a Brampton court.

Kobe Archer, 24, of Mississauga, was charged with several offenses, including possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, and trafficking – opioid.

Rhianna Spanish, 18, of Sheshegwaning First Nation, in Ontario, is facing three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Anyone with further information is asked to contact HPS’s 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 1133, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.