A 23-year-old man is in police custody after a road rage incident lead to a search warrant being executed in Bells Corners overnight and into the small hours of Sunday morning.



Police said the incident started with a verbal altercation at about 8:30 p.m. outside the Wendy’s fast food restaurant at 6 Edgewater St., and then continued as two groups of people got into their cars and travelled east down Hazeldean Road.



A male passenger in a car driven by a woman then brandished what was described as a hand gun as they neared Castlefrank Road.



This was reported to police, along with a plate information, which led them to a residence in the 700-block of Sanibel Private, a small street off Old Richmond Road between the Royal Canadian Legion and the Jami Omar Mosque.



There, several units of the guns and gangs unit of the police with weapons visible but not drawn arrested Kevin Perkins, 23.



Police then executed a search warrant on the residence where they recovered three airsoft hand guns, one of which was believed to have been used in the road rage incident.



Perkins has been charged with pointing a firearm, assault, possession of weapons dangerous to the public, and breach of recognizance.



The woman who was driving the car has not been charged.



No injuries were reported.

