November 3, 2016
The raucous house party on Merrill Ave. E. ended with a gunshot blast and the arrival of Toronto police, including tactical officers who trained their rifles on the two-storey, detached house. Residents on the normally quiet street were stunned as more than two dozen partygoers spilled out the front door, where an armoured police vehicle had rolled up. They had rented their three-bedroom home on Airbnb, the popular, short-term rental website that purports to connect “people to unique travel experiences.” Police that night arrested and laid numerous charges against six young men and a teenage girl after seizing three loaded handguns, a pellet gun and crack cocaine….
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2016/11/03/toronto-airbnb-rental-ends-with-police-seizing-guns-crack-cocaine.html
