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TORONTO — A Toronto man arrested in April due to concerns he might engage in terrorism was the registered owner of an AR-15 type assault rifle, according to details disclosed at an Ontario court hearing on Friday.

How Kadir Abdul was able to legally own a restricted weapon remains unclear. The RCMP and Toronto police declined to comment on the case. Police have not been able to locate his Windham Weaponry semi-automatic rifle.

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Five months ago, the 27-year-old was detained in the eastern Turkish city of Adana on suspicion he was trying to enter Syria. He was returned to Toronto and is the subject of a terrorism peace bond that restricts him from communicating with ISIL.

In the Ontario Court of Justice on Friday, a prosecutor revealed that after Abdul left Toronto for Istanbul on March 23, police executed a search warrant at the apartment he shared with his family in an attempt to find his assault rifle.