Elgin OPP charge seven with drug-related offences
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Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit, executed a Controlled Drug and Substances Act search warrant on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at a private residence on Springwater Road, Central Elgin.
The search warrant resulted in police seizing the following – cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, cannibis marhiuana, oxycodone pills and fentanyl patches.
The approximate value of the drugs seized is estimated at $12,775.
Police also seized drug paraphernalia associated with the trafficking of Controlled Substances, a police scanner, computer equipment and counter surveillance equipment. Two motor vehicles were also seized as a result of the investigation under proceeds of crime.
Police have arrested and charged the following people:
A 23-year-old Central Elgin man has been charged with
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine)for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
2. Two Counts of Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section 4(1) CDSA
3. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 section 354(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
4. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
A 50-year-old Central Elgin woman has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine)for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
2. Two Counts of Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
3. Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section 4(1) CDSA
A 50-year-old Central Elgin man has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine)for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
2. Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section 4(1) CDSA
3. Possession of a Schedule II Substance Cannabis Marihuana Under 30gram section 4(1) of the CDSA
4. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
A 30-year-old Norfolk County man has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
2. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
3. Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000 section 354(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
A 25-year-old Township of Malahide man has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section 4(1) CDSA
2. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
3. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
4. Possession of a Schedule II Substance Cannabis Marihuana Under 30gram section 4(1) of the CDSA
A 28-year-old Aylmer man has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
2. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (other drug) for the Purposes of Trafficking Sec 5(2) CDSA
3. Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section 4(1) CDSA
4. Possession of a Schedule II Substance Cannabis Marihuana Under 30gram section 4(1) of the CDSA
A 38-year-old St. Thomas man has been charged with:
1. Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) Section 4(1) CDSA
2. Possession of a Schedule I Substance Section (Other Drugs) Section 4(1) CDSA
The 38-year-old St. Thomas man has been released on conditions while the six others were held for a show cause bail hearing.