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A London man acquitted in the high-profile 2015 shooting death of a teenager who was trying to recover his stolen cellphone has been arrested in a police sweep targeting guns and drugs in the city.

London police and the RCMP launched a series of co-ordinated raids on five London homes and a vehicle Thursday, police said Friday.

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Investigators seized 40 grams of suspected cocaine, seven grams of marijuana, five OxyContin pills, a sawed-off shotgun, more than 100 rounds of ammunition and more than $3,500 in cash.

Six men and one woman face a combined 28 drug- and weapon-related charges.

Among those arrested was Mohamed Sail, 27, who is charged with drug possession and three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.

In 2017, Sail was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Brampton teenager Jeremy Cook.