Bail violation probe leads to OPP drug seizure, 14 criminal charges

An undated dated police image of a black Ontario Provincial Police vehicle. (File photo/Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)

A 24-year-old local man is facing more than a dozen charges after Ontario Provincial Police investigators probed allegations that he had breached his release conditions and seized a quantity of controlled substances in Lake Helen First Nation.

OPP opened the investigation on June 19 after receiving information about an individual believed to be violating the court-ordered terms of their release.

Investigators seized quantities of suspected cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and prescription medications, along with cash and other items consistent with drug trafficking as part of the operation.

Multiple charges laid

The accused has been charged with drug manufacturing, five drug trafficking offences, possession of property obtained by crime, six counts of failing to comply with a release order, failing to comply with a probation order and two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a probation order.

The individual was held in custody pending a bail court appearance in Thunder Bay.