Two folks from the Niagara Area face charges after Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a report of a suspicious automobile in Laird on Sunday afternoon.
Throughout a search of the automobile, officers discovered suspected fentanyl, methadone containers, pepper spray, drug paraphernalia and an open container of liquor, says a information launch issued by OPP.
Full textual content of the discharge follows:
OPP obtain a criticism of two suspicious people showing to be dismantling a automobile on roadway.
On Might 19, 2024 shortly earlier than 2 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the OPP’s Visitors Incident Administration Enforcement (TIME) Crew responded to a suspicious automobile on MacLennan Street in Laird Township.
Police arrived a short while later and decided a pair had been relocating to a different province and had been having points with their automobile and had been trying to restore it. A question revealed the driving force was in breach of a curfew.
Police with the help from the Sault Ste Marie OPP Canine Unit performed a search of the automobile and officers situated over 75 grams of suspected fentanyl, 6 methadone containers, one container of pepper spray, drug paraphernalia and an open container of liquor. The estimated avenue worth of the medicine is over $7,500.
Because of this, Jayme Nicholls, 34 years of age from St. Catharines, was charged with:
Failure to adjust to enterprise (three counts)
Possession of a schedule I substance for the aim trafficking-Opioid (aside from heroin) (two counts)
Driving whereas underneath suspension
Having care or management of a motorized vehicle with open container of liquor
The accused appeared earlier than the Ontario Courtroom of Justice Video Bail in Sault Ste. Marie on Might 20, 2024, and was remanded into custody.
The passenger, Brenda Vautour, 39 years of age from Welland, was charged with:
Possession of a schedule I substance for the aim trafficking-Opioid (aside from heroin)
The accused is scheduled to seem earlier than the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Sault Ste Marie on July 15, 2024.
