One individual from southern Ontario has been charged following a serious drug bust in Thunder Bay final month.
Ontario Provincial Police stated they seized 1.7 kilograms of cocaine price $170,000, $257,000 in money, amongst different gadgets. Three individuals from northwestern Ontario have additionally been charged.
The arrests passed off Dec. 10 when three search warrants have been executed at residences in Thunder Bay and Kakabeka Falls by the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Weapons and Gangs Enforcement Workforce.
A number of police companies took half within the raid, together with the OPP Emergency Response Workforce, OPP Neighborhood Avenue Crime Unit, Thunder Bay Police Service Emergency Activity Unit and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.
“The Toronto Police Service Drug Squad additionally assisted with this investigation,” the OPP stated in a information launch Tuesday.
Along with the cocaine and money, police additionally seized 4 cellphones, three digital scales and a laptop computer.
Charged are a 30-year-old from East Gwillimbury, two individuals from Thunder Bay ages 62 and 43, and a 70-year-old from Kakabeka Falls.
They’re every charged with drug trafficking and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
“One of many accused stays in custody and the opposite three accused have been launched,” the discharge stated.
“They’re scheduled to look earlier than the Ontario Courtroom of Justice in Thunder Bay on numerous dates.”
Anybody with details about unlawful firearms or the possession, manufacturing or trafficking of illicit medicine is urged to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or on-line.
“Avenue gangs are migrating throughout Ontario which has resulted in a rise within the variety of unlawful firearms getting into our communities,” police stated.
The particular power combating firearms and the drug commerce consists of members from 20 police providers in each Ontario and Quebec in addition to the RCMP.
