NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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COCHRANE – On Sept. 11, 2020 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Cochrane officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a drug trafficking occurrence at a commercial parking lot on Highway 11 in the Town of Cochrane.
The suspect was located and arrested on Third Street in Cochrane a short time later. Police seized suspected cocaine, drug paraphernalia and Canadian currency, that combined, had an estimated street value of $8,500.
Peter Battisti, 20 years old of Sudbury, Ont., has been charged with the following offences:
- Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine contrary to section 5(2) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA),
- Trafficking in Schedule I Substance - cocaine contrary to section 5(1) CDSA,
- Four counts of fail to comply with probation order contrary to section 733.1(1) of the Criminal Code (CC), and
- Two counts of failure to comply with release order - other than to attend court contrary to section 145(5)(a) CC.
The accused has been held in custody following a bail hearing and is scheduled for a video remand hearing with the Ontario Court of Justice in Cochrane on Sept. 22, 2020 to answer to the charges.
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