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A Thursday night traffic stop in Centretown took a turn for the dramatic when Ottawa police officers discovered handguns in the vehicle and on a passenger they had just released.

The Ottawa Police Service said its patrol officers stopped a vehicle at the intersection of Cambridge and Arlington streets, near Bronson Avenue and the Queensway at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

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The officers discovered the 25-year-old driving the vehicle was sought on an arrest warrant.

They arrested the driver and released a 31-year-old male passenger, and then discovered a gun “in plain view” inside the vehicle, according to OPS.

The officers then arrested the passenger they had released “a short distance from the vehicle.”

They discovered he was carrying a loaded handgun.

The driver, Ashton Taylor-Cain, of Ottawa, was charged with a series of weapon and firearms charges, as well as four counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

Vehicle passenger Kadar Ahmed, also from Ottawa, was charged with a number of firearms and weapons offences.

Both Taylor-Cain and Ahmed appeared in court Friday morning.

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