Crack Cocaine Bust – Names Released

(THUNDER BAY, ON) – A Lasalle Quebec resident and two Whitesand First Nation residents have been charged after an arrest was made on Highway 527 by members of the Ontario Provincial Police Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Ontario Provincial Police Thunder Bay Detachment and members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG). The Accused were on their way to Armstrong and Whitesand First Nation.

Following a vehicle stop on June 13, 2024, the following items were seized:

• 47 grams of crack cocaine.
• 1 cellular telephone.
• Spring loaded knife.

Tammy SHAPWAYKEESIC 37, of Whitesand First Nation has been charged with:

·          Possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine CDSA 5(2)

Dwayne NODIN 40, of Whitesand First Nation has been charged with:

·          Possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine CDSA 5(2)

Kadeem DRYDEN 30, of Lasalle Quebec has been charged with:

·          Possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine CDSA 5(2)

·          Possession of a prohibited device CC 92(2)

·          Possession of weapon contrary to order CC 117 x 2

·          Breach of Probation CC 733.1(1)

The accused were held in custody for a bail hearing.

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