Police say suspect was smuggling fentanyl by train from Cochrane to Moosonee

In a news release May 28, the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service said its intelligence unit learned about a male suspect transporting fentanyl on the May 25 train. (Supplied)

A 24-year-old from the Moosonee area has been charged with drug trafficking following an investigation into drugs being smuggled to Moosonee from Cochrane by train.

In a news release May 28, the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service said its intelligence unit learned about a male suspect transporting fentanyl on the May 25 train.

“Through their investigation, police identified the male suspect and seized a quantity of suspected fentanyl,” police said.

“With assistance from members of the OPP’s Cochrane detachment and the OPP’s community street crime unit, the male was located and arrested without incident in Cochrane … on May 26.”

The estimated street value of drugs seized totals $40,000.

The Moose Factory First Nation man was charged with trafficking fentanyl. He appeared for a bail hearing May 27 and was remanded into custody with a future court date.