NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE - On Dec. 19, 2017, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Kirkland Lake Crime Unit along with assistance from OPP North East Region Canine Unit, OPP North East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) and the OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), under the direction of Detective Staff Sergeant Matt Watson of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, executed five search warrants in Kirkland Lake.
During the investigation, undisclosed amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana were seized. The estimated street value of the drugs seized is approximately $100,000.
As a result of the investigation, 29-year-old Patrick Couture Lemelin of Kirkland Lake has been charged with:
- Possession of a schedule 1 substance - cocaine, for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
- Possession of a schedule 1 substance - cannabis marijuana under 30 grams, contrary to section 4(1) of the CDSA
- Fail to comply with recognizance, contrary to section 145(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The accused has been remanded into custody pending a bail hearing.
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