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Police say a man found with a gunshot wound in connection with a takeover of a housing unit in Peterborough, Ont., earlier this week is now facing charges.
The Peterborough Police Service says on April 30 officers were conducting a well-being check at an apartment unit on Fairbairn Street when a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the leg answered the door.
The Oshawa man was taken to hospital.
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The incident prompted a heightened police response when officers learned that other people were in the flat.
The confrontation led to the arrest of a man from St. Catharines, Ont., and two youths from Durham Region. Drugs and cash were seized.
On May 1, police said a further search of the residence led to the seizure of a firearm and additional drugs and cash.
On Friday, police say the 24-year-old Oshawa man was arrested and charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for trafficking (fentanyl and cocaine), possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000 and failure to comply with a release order.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear in court in Peterborough on Friday.
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