Cyber crime unit officers became aware in December that a local internet user was suspected of being in possession of digital files of child exploitation.
Three people were arrested on drug-trafficking charges after an officer spotted a motorist smoking apparent crack cocaine while in the driver s seat of their vehicle Friday.
The officer with the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Uniform Patrol Branch was on general patrol in the area of the 300 block of Frankwood Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28 when they observed a male in a motor vehicle smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine.
Upon further investigation the officer learned the motorist and two passengers were in possession of a quantity of suspected fentanyl, a quantity of suspected Oxycodone pills, a quantity of suspected crack cocaine, a quantity of cash, and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.