Pubdate: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 Source: Toronto Sun (CN ON) Copyright: 2006, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://torontosun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/457 Author: Jonathan Jenkins, Toronto Sun IT WAS RAINING GUNS Thrown Off Balcony In A Drug Raid, They Just Miss Cop Three guns -- two of them cocked, loaded and ready to fire -- were thrown off a balcony in a drug raid yesterday, says a police officer who was standing underneath. "They nearly hit me in the head," said Sgt. Don MacCallum. "They were absolutely guns. They were cocked and the safety was off." Smashed Door MacCallum was standing below the third-floor balcony of an apartment at Lawrence Ave. W. and Keele St. early yesterday as other cops smashed down the door with a battering ram. That's when the weapons -- a .45-calibre, a 9-mm and a .25-calibre, all loaded -- began falling around him. MacCallum said 22 Division's Street Violence Task Force and Community Response Unit started an investigation into street-level drug and gun crooks in early spring. During that investigation, a car with a hidden compartment for moving guns and drugs was seized. A June 1 raid on a home near Lake Shore Blvd. and Royal York Rd. that netted an assault rifle, a loaded, .38-calibre handgun and $16,000 worth of drugs was related to yesterday's raids, MacCallum said. In yesterday's raid, police seized 800 grams of cocaine, 11 grams of ecstasy and marijuana worth $85,000 in total, along with scales and $2,000 cash. After a brief struggle, five men were arrested. At the same time, a home on Cameron Ave. was being raided where a man and his wife were arrested. Seized were about 220 grams of marijuana, 28 grams of crystal methamphetamine and a small amount of crack cocaine, worth $8,000. Police also found scales, a money-counting machine, a bullet-proof vest and three different kinds of ammunition for semi-automatic weapons. Warrant Issued A warrant was then issued for the couple's son, but as officers sat outside waiting for the delivery of a search warrant on a car parked at the home, they spotted their quarry driving by. He was promptly arrested, and police were soon requesting another search warrant for the vehicle he was driving. "We've made a significant impact" on the local drug trade, said an exhausted MacCallum, who had been up for more than 30 hours at the time. Steven Ruiz, 25, Walter Almeida, 21, Shane Fischer, 22, Ken Yu, 23, and Manuel Perea, 24, were arrested at the apartment on Lawrence, and 25 drug and weapons charges were laid. Christopher Noseworthy, 45, and his wife Christina Noseworthy, 47, were arrested at Cameron Ave. Their son Sean Noseworthy was also arrested, and all three face drug trafficking offences. - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath