On April 29 members of the Community Street Crime Unit and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau of the Ontario Provincial Police arrested a person leaving a residence on 5th Avenue West in North Bay. Once the person was arrested a Controlled Drug and Substance Act search warrant was executed.
The search resulted in the seizure of drug paraphernalia, Canadian currency, a digital scale, and a money counter. Police also seized drugs suspected to be Fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, hydromorphone, and oxycodone.
Khizar ALI, 37, from Bowmanville was arrested and charged with:
- 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) - two counts
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
- Produce a Schedule I substance - opioid
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - other drugs
The accused was held for bail and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on May 2.