NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS OPLICE SERVICE
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The culmination of an intensive investigation by the Timmins Police Service – Drug Enforcement Section has resulted in the execution of a search warrant on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at a Commercial Avenue residence in Timmins.
Timmins Police Service – Drug Enforcement Section officers coordinated the execution of the search warrant with the Timmins Police Service – Emergency Response Team (ERT) members.
Upon executing the search warrant, both the home owner and another suspect located within were arrested and taken into police custody.
During a search of the residence, the Timmins Police located and seized the following:
• two tin foils each containing 0.1 gram (a point) of suspected fentanyl
• 10 methamphetamine tablets
• a small plastic bag with 0.1 grams of purp (fentanyl)
• a small plastic bag with 1 gram of crack cocaine
• 60 hydromorphone tablets
• $615 in Canadian currency
• $2,391 Canadian currency (separate bundle)
• various mobile phones
As a result of the investigation, Jave Lewis, age 25 of Mississauga; and Gloria Wesley, 46 of Timmins have been charged respectively with:
• four counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking contrary to the Controlled Drug and Substances Act
• Possession of a property obtained by crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
Both persons were held in police custody for the purposes of conducting respective Bail Hearings which took place on Thursday, Aug. 13 at Provincial Court in Timmins.
At their bail hearing, Wesley was released from custody on the strength of an Undertaking compelling her to attend at Provincial Court in Timmins on Oct. 22 to answer to the charge laid against her, while Lewis remains in custody until his matters are addressed by the court.
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