A Mississauga resident is one of two people charged in connection with a police investigation into drug trafficking in a Northern Ontario town.
Ontario Provincial Police said they recovered a large amount of hard drugs and arrested two people after executing a search warrant Tuesday night at an apartment in Elliot Lake, located 160 kilometres west of Sudbury heading towards Sault Ste. Marie.
As a result of the seizure, police recovered:
More than 28 grams of suspected cocaine.
More than nine grams of suspected crack.
More than five grams of suspected fentanyl.
Numerous suspected oxycodone pills.
An undisclosed amount of Canadian cash.
Digital scale, packaging materials and multiple cellphones.
Officers with the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the East Algoma OPP detachment were involved in the investigation, police said.
The two people arrested have been charged with numerous alleged offences, according to investigators.
Jennifer Stubbert, 45, of Elliot Lake, and Kory Joseph-Labban, 20, of Mississauga, are each charged with:
Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking — fentanyl.
Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking — cocaine.
Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking — crack.
Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking — oxycodone.
Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime.
Both accused were held in custody and were scheduled to appear on Wednesday at the Ontario Court of Justice (Bail Court) in Blind River.
Map shows location of Elliot Lake, Ontario, where police conducting a drug trafficking investigation made two arrests this week.
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