Three Men Face Drug Possession/Trafficking Charges; Over $133,000 In Value Seized
/Jonathan Morningstar, Antonio Williams and Kyle McLelland are facing a combined seven charges under the Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) after search warrants were executed in Peterborough, Ottawa and Sault Ste. Marie, reported on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and Peterborough Police Service (PPS) Drug Unit began a drug trafficking investigation last summer which resulted in arrests in January.
Officers conducted a vehicle stop and arrested an individual for drug trafficking offences on March 3. Three search warrants were also executed in Peterborough, Ottawa and Sault Ste. Marie by officers from OPP OCEB, OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau, Sault Ste. Marie OPP, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry OPP Community Street Crime Unit, PPS and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS).
SSMPS executed a search warrant in Sault Ste. Marie on March 6.
The investigation resulted in the seizure of the following items:
Approximately 635 g of suspected fentanyl
Approximately 60 g of suspected cocaine
Approximately $10,000 in Canadian currency
Four cell phones
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is $133,000.
Morningstar, age 31 of Ottawa, has been charged with the following two offences under the CC and CDSA:
Possession of property obtained by crime
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa on April 17.
Williams, age 30 of Toronto, has been charged with the following three offences under the CC and CDSA:
Possession of property obtained by crime
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sault Ste. Marie on March 31.
McLelland, age 20 of Sault Ste. Marie, has been charged with the following two CDSA offences:
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine
