Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Charges
NIPIGON, ON – On 27 May 2021 at 3:50 pm, members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped an eastbound vehicle. Investigation with assistance from the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and the Northwest Region Canine Unit, led to the arrest of the driver for drug offences. A search of the vehicle incident to the arrest of the driver located a quantity of crack cocaine, fentanyl and cash.
The driver Royal Dawn Thompson 27 years old of York, Ontario is charged with the following offences:
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)
- One count of Failure to comply with release order.
Mohammad Dawood Habib 31 years old of East York, Ontario is charged with the following offence:
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)
16-year-old young person of Toronto, ON, who cannot be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), is charged with the following offence:
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)
14-year-old young person of Toronto, ON, who cannot be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), is charged with the following offences:
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance (fentanyl)
14-year-old young person of Toronto, ON, who cannot be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), is charged with the following offence:
- One count of Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking (cocaine)
All five have been remanded into custody pending a bail hearing.
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