A Peterborough resident is dealing with drug-related charges following a joint investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police and Peterborough Police Service (PPS).
In the summertime of 2024, the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and PPS started an investigation into drug trafficking exercise all through Peterborough and the encircling space.
On January 28, 2025, 5 search warrants had been executed in Peterborough, Durham Area and York Area by members from OPP OCEB, Peterborough OPP, OPP Group Road Crime Items in Metropolis of Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough County and Northumberland County, in addition to PPS Emergency Response Staff.
Consequently, the investigative group seized the next gadgets:
Approx. 1.5 kilograms of suspected fentanyl
Approx. 1.6 kilograms of suspected cocaine
30 oxycodone tablets
Greater than $5,000 in Canadian foreign money
Eight cell telephones
Digital scales
One laptop computer
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Tirath Odea, age 26 of Peterborough, has been charged with the next six offences underneath the Prison Code and the Managed Medication and Substances Act:
Possession of property obtained by crime
Possession for the aim of trafficking – cocaine – two counts
Possession for the aim of trafficking – fentanyl – two counts
Possession for the aim of trafficking – different opioid
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to look earlier than the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Peterborough on February 10, 2025.
Anybody with any details about the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit medicine ought to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
