4 folks charged after OPP seize 1.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine with an estimated avenue worth of $170,000
A resident of East Gwillimbury and three others are going through charges below the Legal Code and Managed Medication and Substances Act after almost two kilograms of suspected cocaine was seized in reference to a drug trafficking investigation in Thunder Bay, in response to the Ontario Provincial Police.
Three search warrants have been executed at residences in Thunder Bay and Kakabeka Falls on Dec. 10 by the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Weapons and Gangs Enforcement Workforce, OPP emergency response staff, OPP neighborhood avenue crime Unit, Thunder Bay Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. The Toronto Police Service Drug Squad additionally assisted with this investigation.
Because of the search warrants, police mentioned they seized: 1.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine, $257,000 in Canadian forex, 4 cell telephones, three digital scales and one laptop computer laptop.
The estimated avenue worth of the medication seized is $170,000, police mentioned.
Malcolm Parchment, 30, of East Gwillimbury, Philip Arpin, 62, of Thunder Bay, April Arpin, 43, of Thunder Bay and Lauritz Pajamaki, 70, of Kakabeka Falls, have every been charged with the next two offences: possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and possession for the aim of trafficking (cocaine), police mentioned.
One of many accused stays in custody and the opposite three accused have been launched. They’re scheduled to look earlier than the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Thunder Bay on numerous dates.
The OPP thanks TBPS, NAPS and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for his or her assist.
Anybody with any details about unlawful firearms or the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit medication ought to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. They will additionally go away a tip at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
