NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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COBALT - On Nov. 3, 2021 shortly after 6:30 p.m., members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the North East Region (NER) OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant on Nickle Street in the Town of Cobalt.
Once inside the residence, the officers located drug paraphernalia and seized a quantity of suspected cocaine, fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine, crack cocaine, Xanax and a quantity of cash, a street value of over $38,000.
As a result of the investigation, Michel Corriveau, a 40-year-old resident from Cobalt, has been arrested and charged with:
• possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
• possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the CDSA (two counts)
• possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - opioid (other than heroin), contrary to section 5(2) of the CDSA
• possession of a schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to section 5(2) of the CDSA
• possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 - in Canada, contrary to section 354(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC)
• failure to comply with probation order, contrary to section 733.1(1) of the CC
The accused was held for a Bail Hearing and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice at a later date in the City of Temiskaming Shores.
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