Sex on hood of BMW leads to gun charges
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunApril 29, 2009
A 30-year-old man carrying a .22-calibre revolver when he was prohibited from possessing a firearm was literally caught with his pants down Wednesday morning.
Two transit police officers were cycling between the Nanaimo and 29th Avenue SkyTrain stations when they found a man and woman engaged in sexual activity on the hood of a BMW M5 in the 2600 block of Vaness Avenue.
The officers became suspicious of the man’s hand movements and, as a result, a loaded .22 calibre revolver was seized.
The man, Mohammed Shakil Khan, is well known to police and was under a lifetime prohibition from possessing firearms.
He was charged with six firearms charges, including unauthorized possession of a firearm, knowingly possessing a prohibited weapon without a licence, possessing a prohibited weapon with ammunition, carrying a concealed weapon, careless use of a firearm and possessing a firearm contrary to a court order.
The woman was released at the scene.
The transit police had been patrolling the area because of several recent armed robberies in the area.
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver SunApril 29, 2009
A 30-year-old man carrying a .22-calibre revolver when he was prohibited from possessing a firearm was literally caught with his pants down Wednesday morning.
Two transit police officers were cycling between the Nanaimo and 29th Avenue SkyTrain stations when they found a man and woman engaged in sexual activity on the hood of a BMW M5 in the 2600 block of Vaness Avenue.
The officers became suspicious of the man’s hand movements and, as a result, a loaded .22 calibre revolver was seized.
The man, Mohammed Shakil Khan, is well known to police and was under a lifetime prohibition from possessing firearms.
He was charged with six firearms charges, including unauthorized possession of a firearm, knowingly possessing a prohibited weapon without a licence, possessing a prohibited weapon with ammunition, carrying a concealed weapon, careless use of a firearm and possessing a firearm contrary to a court order.
The woman was released at the scene.
The transit police had been patrolling the area because of several recent armed robberies in the area.
