More illegal drugs – including fentanyl – are being kept off the streets of Timmins.
Police officers swooped down on a home on Birch St. South this morning, armed with a search warrant. They seized a total of $15,150 in illegal drugs, ranging from fentanyl to cocaine and crystal meth, as well as several weapons and $445.00 cash.
Items seized by police:
– 11.2 grams of Fentanyl (“purp”) with an estimated street value of $6,720
– 1.3 grams of Fentanyl (“blue”) with an estimated street value of $780
– 9 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $900
– 3.8 grams of crack cocaine with an estimated street value of $380
– 57.4 grams of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $5,740
– 37 methamphetamine tablets with an estimated street value of $185
– a .410 shotgun
– a sawed off .410 shotgun
– a sawed off 12 gauge shotgun
– a .357 replica pellet gun
– a rifle style pellet gun
– a military replica air gun
– $445 in Canadian currency.
A 37-year-old Timmins man is up on 11 criminal charges.
– 3 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking contrary to the
Controlled Drug and Substances Act
– Possession of Property Obtained by Crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
– Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Weapon contrary to the Criminal Code
of Canada
– Careless Storage of a Firearm contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
– Having Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm contrary to the Criminal Code of
Canada
– Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
– 2 counts of Fail to Comply with Probation Order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
– Fail to Comply with Undertaking contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
-Source: Timmins Police Service