OPP officials allege: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County Detachment Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Oxford-Brant CSCU, Lambton CSCU, Haldimand-Norfolk CSCU along with West Region Emergency Response Team (WR ERT) executed search warrants at two locations in the Municipality of West Elgin and a third location in the Municipality of Dutton-Dunwich on October 27, 2022.
The search warrants were executed after the accused was taken into custody on the same date within the Municipality of Chatham-Kent with the assistance of the West Region Regional Support Team and West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (WR TRU).
Investigators seized over $2,500 in cash and a variety of illicit and prescription drugs.
As a result of the investigation, a 38-year-old West Elgin man was charged with the following:
– Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine
– Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – Opioid (other than heroin)
– Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – Opioid (other than heroin)
– Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – Other Drugs
– Possession of a Schedule I substance – Cocaine
– Possession of a Schedule III substance
– Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
– Fail to comply with release order – other than to attend court
The accused was remanded into custody following a bail hearing.
