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On Tuesday, July 20, shortly after 3:30 a.m., members from the OPP Community Street Crime Unit, the Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the North East Region Sault Ste. Marie Canine Unit and members from the East Algoma Detachment of the OPP executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence on Old Highway 17 within the Territory of Mississauga First Nation. A search of the residence led to the seizure of one loaded 9-mm handgun and 17 long guns, suspected: cocaine, green and purple fentanyl, crack cocaine, Percocet pills, $4,400 in Canadian currency and drug paraphernalia. The value of drugs seized is believed to be approximately over $10,500.
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Mississauga First Nation, west of Sudbury, closed its borders to non-residents after learning that two youths charged in a recent drug bust came from high-risk COVID-19 areas of the province.
Members of the East Algoma OPP assisted by the Street Crime Unit and other law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at a residence on Park Road on Jan. 28.
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As a result of the investigation, three youths were arrested on drug-related charges, including two 18-year-old suspect from Scarborough. A 15-year-old accused from Blind River was also charged.
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The East Algoma OPP has arrested three men in connection to a drug raid on the Mississauga First Nation.
OPP Constable Bev Gauthier says yesterday morning around 7:00, police executed a search warrant at a residence on Park Road in the First Nation just west of Blind River.
She says a search of the residence led to police finding of suspected crack cocaine and crystal meth, drug paraphernalia, cellphones and over $400 in cash. The value of the drugs seized is around $6000.
Two 18-year-olds from Scarborough and a 15-year-old from Blind River have each been charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and property obtained by crime under $5,000.