NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE – On July 14, 2021, The OPP North East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), executed search warrants at a residence on Pollock Avenue, Taylor Avenue and Third Street in the Town of Kirkland Lake.
Police seized drugs suspected to be Methamphetamine, two firearms, ammunition, a conductive energy weapon and a switchblade knife. Total street value of the seizure is estimated to be $4,585.
As a result, Mitchel Pilon, 30 years-of-age, of Kirkland Lake, has been charged with the following:
- 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) (Two Counts)
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, contrary to section 354(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC)
- Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammo, contrary to section 95(1) of the CC
- Possession of a prohibited device, contrary to section 92(2) of the CC
- Unauthorized possession of weapon, contrary to section 91(2) of the CC
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, contrary to section 91(1) of the CC
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm, contrary to section 91(1) of the CC
- Failure to comply with release order, contrary to section 145(5)(a) of the CC (10 Counts)
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice by video on July 21, 2021.
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