Geraldton Traffic Stop Results in Drug Trafficking Charges for 4 People
GERALDTON, ON – On January 18, 2022, members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with the Greenstone OPP Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) Drug Enforcement Unit, conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11 west of the Town of Geraldton as a result of ongoing drug trafficking investigations in the community.
The traffic stop led to the arrest of the driver and three other occupants of the motor vehicle. Police seized a quantity of drugs including cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl and other items consistent with the trafficking of drugs. The drugs have an estimated street value of approximately $12,000.
Four women; a 19-year-old from Kitchener, ON; a 26-year-old from Geraldton, ON; and from Beardmore a 33-year-old and a 25-year-old, were each charged with:
Two counts of Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purposes of Trafficking contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
All four accused were released from custody by way of an Undertaking and are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Geraldton, Ontario on March 31, 2022 to answer to the charges.
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