Drug Bust – Names Released

(PEMBROKE, ON) – Two individuals are facing drug charges after a traffic stop in the City of Pembroke.

On the afternoon of August 15, 2024, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of patrol officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the OPP conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle on Pembroke Street West in Pembroke.

A quantity of suspected fentanyl was seized by police, along with packaging materials, cash, and cell phones. Two occupants of the vehicle were arrested without incident.   

As a result of the investigation 27-year-old Emrah AHMETI of Ottawa and 44-year-old Jaclyn SHAFFER of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township have each been charged with the following Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) and Criminal Code (CC) offences:

• Traffick a schedule I substance – fentanyl
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000

SHAFFER faces an additional CC charge of failing to comply with a probation order.

AHMETI was held for a bail hearing and remains in custody until his next court appearance on August 23, 2024, at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke. SHAFFER was held for a bail hearing and was released to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on September 17, 2024. 

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