KENORA DRUG ENFORCEMENT UNIT CHARGES 38 PEOPLE WITH 174 OFFENCES

(KENORA, ON) The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), in partnership with the RCMP “D” Division, Treaty 3 Police Service, Dryden Police Service and Anishinabek Police Service have charged 38 individuals with 174 Criminal Code and drug related offences following the execution of ten search warrants in Kenora, Wauzhushk Onigum (Rat Portage) First Nation, and Winnipeg between Thursday October 10, 2013 and Thursday October 17, 2013.

The charges stem from a lengthy covert investigation conducted by the five police services.

The undercover component of the investigation was centered on drug trafficking operations in Kenora. The focus the investigation was to disrupt a drug distribution network being operated from Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB) that supplies Kenora, Ontario (ON) with illegal drugs.

The types of drugs purchased and seized during the investigation were cocaine, marihuana, morphine pills and heroin. The street value of the drugs seized is over $230,000. Also seized was in excess of $18,000 in Canadian Currency and Offence Related Property including four motor vehicles.

The complete lists of the accused and charges have been appended to this release along with an outline of quantities of drugs seized.

The investigation is ongoing.

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