CRACK COCAINE SEIZED IN NORTH SPIRIT LAKE FIRST NATION

Date of Release: January 12, 2020

(North Spirit Lake, ON) On January 11, 2020, as part of an investigation a warrant was executed in North Spirit Lake First Nation by the Nishnawbe Aski Police (NAPS) Drug Enforcement Unit, NAPS Guns and Gangs Unit, NAPS Criminal Intelligence Unit, NAPS North Spirit Lake Detachment members, along with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the Thunder Bay Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit. As a result, drugs and cash were seized and three people were charged.

Police seized a large quantity of Crack Cocaine along with four thousand four hundred ($4,400.00) dollars in currency. The street value of the seized drugs and currency totals approximately fifty-three thousand two-hundred ($53,200.00) dollars.

An adult male and two adult females are each charged with one count of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000.00 and one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking. All three have been released from custody on conditions and will next appear in court in North Spirit Lake First Nation on August 8, 2020. The three cannot be named at this time due to the processing of court documents.

North Spirit Lake First Nation is located approximately 550 km northwest of Thunder Bay.

For further information, please contact:

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Sgt. Jackie George

Media Relations- Phone 807-346-6593 jackie.george@naps.ca

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Headquarters

Thunder Bay, Ontario

FORT ALBANY POLICE SEIZE $110,160 IN ILLEGAL DRUGS

Date of Release: December 3, 2019

(Fort Albany, ON) On November 15, 2019, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service members from the Fort Albany Detachment charged one adult female under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act following the seizure of illegal drugs.

Police seized a large amount of Percocet pills and a large quantity of Cocaine with a combined street value of approximately one hundred ten thousand one hundred sixty ($110,160.00) dollars.

A 25 year-old female from Sudbury, Ontario was charged with two counts of Possession of a Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking. The adult female has been released on conditions and will next appear in court on January 29, 2020, in Fort Albany First Nation. The female cannot be named at this time due to the processing of court documents.

Fort Albany First Nation is located approximately 525 km north of Timmins.

For further information, please contact:

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Sgt. Jackie George

Media Relations- Phone 807-346-6593 or jackie.george@naps.ca

Nishnawbe Aski Police Headquarters

Thunder Bay, Ontario

NAPS POLICE CHARGE FORMER FORT SEVERN BAND MANAGER IN FRAUD INVESTIGATION

Date of Release: December 3, 2019

(Fort Severn, ON) On July 12, 2019, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service members from the Fort Severn Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle. The initial traffic stop investigation led police into a detailed investigation and as of October 23, 2019, a former band manager now faces several fraud charges.

The investigation directed police to a number of separate incidents that occurred over a number of years supporting fraudulent activity which amounted between twenty-five thousand and two hundred fifty thousand ($25,000.00 and $250,000.00) dollars.

A 51 year-old male from Fort Severn First Nation was charged with two counts of Fraud Over $5000 and one count of Breach of Trust. The male has been released on conditions and will next appear in court on February 10, 2020, in Fort Severn First Nation. The male cannot be named at this time due to the processing of court documents.

Fort Severn First Nation is approximately 850 km north of Thunder Bay and 715 km northeast of Red Lake.

For further information, please contact:

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Sgt. Jackie George

Media Relations- Phone 807-346-6593 or jackie.george@naps.ca

Nishnawbe Aski Police Headquarters

Thunder Bay, Ontario

ATTAWAPISKAT OFFICERS SEIZE $ 27,000.00 IN METHAMPHETAMINE

Date of Release: November 30, 2019

(Attawapiskat, ON) On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service members from the Attawapiskat Detachment charged one adult male under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act following the seizure of illegal drugs.

Police seized a large amount of Methamphetamine pills with a street value of approximately twenty-seven thousand ($27,000.00) dollars.

A 19 year-old male from Attawapiskat First Nation was charged with Possession of a Substance. The adult male has been released on conditions and will next appear in court on January 22, 2020, in Attawapiskat First Nation. The male cannot be named at this time due to the processing of court documents.

Attawapiskat First Nation is located approximately 630 kilometres north of Timmins, Ontario.

For further information, please contact:

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Sgt. Jackie George

Media Relations- Phone 807-346-6593 or jackie.george@naps.ca

Nishnawbe Aski Police Headquarters

Thunder Bay, Ontario

NAPS DRUG UNIT MAKES $42,980 SEIZURE IN MOOSE FACTORY FIRST NATION

Date of Release: June 4, 2019

(Moose Factory, ON) On June 1, 2019, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) Drug Enforcement Unit with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, NAPS Emergency Response Team, OPP Moosonee Detachment & Marine Unit, and the members of the NAPS Moose Factory Detachment, executed two drug warrants under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act which resulted in two persons being charged and a seizure of several illegal substances. Another male was also arrested in an unrelated arrest warrant.

The drug warrant execution resulted in police seizing various amounts of Fentanyl, Cocaine, MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), Crystal Methamphetamine, Methamphetamine, Oxycodone, and Hydromorphone. Police also seized approximately eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars in Canadian currency. The estimated street value of the seized drugs is approximately twenty-four thousand nine-hundred eighty ($24,980.00) dollars.

A 24 year-old female from Toronto was charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000.00 and six counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking. The female was released on conditions and will appear in court on August 6, 2019 in Moosonee, Ontario.

A 38 year-old male from Moose Factory was charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000.00 and six counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking. The male was released on conditions and will appear in court on August 6, 2019 in Moosonee, Ontario.

A 25 year-old male was found in at the location who was wanted for Robbery by the OPP Orillia Detachment. The male was turned over to the OPP and remained in custody pending a bail hearing.

Moose Cree First Nation (Moose Factory) is located approximately 315 kilometres north of Timmins, Ontario.

For further information, please contact:

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Sgt. Jackie George
Media Relations- Phone 807-346-6593 jackie.george@naps.ca
Nishnawbe Aski Police Headquarters
Thunder Bay, Ontario