Five arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Airport Road raid

Five North Bay residents, three men, and two women face a slew of drug and weapons charges after a police raid on an Airport Road home yesterday evening.

It all started at 2 p.m. yesterday (Thursday) p.m. when North Bay Police stopped a vehicle on Trout Lake Road and arrested two people.

Later, at 5:20, the North Bay Police Service joined up with the OPP to raid a home in the 700-block of Airport Road.  As part of this investigation, Airport Road was closed to the public. At that time three more people were arrested.

Searches by police resulted in the seizure of:

• 37 16-ounce bottles of suspected liquid codeine
• 71 grams of suspected cocaine
• 1 gram of suspected Fentanyl
• 31 suspected methamphetamine pills
• 6,785 suspected Xanax pills
• Two firearms including a sawed-off shotgun
• ammunition magazines and ammunition
• A conductive energy weapon (also known as a “stun gun” or “Taser”)
• An edged weapon
• Several cell phones
• Drug trafficking paraphernalia
• $1,215 cash

The estimated street value of the drugs seized in this incident is approximately $54,000.

See: 'Several' people in custody after Airport Road standoff

Scott Justin Becker, 31, is charged with:

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Possession of firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order
• Possession of Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of Schedule I substance
• Three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of knowledge of the unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Failure to comply with release order
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Breanna Jennifer Morris, female, 18, is charged with:

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of possession of a Schedule I substance
• Three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of knowledge of an unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Kayla Cassandra Lee-Ann Papineau, female, 31, is charged with:

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule I substance
• Three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of knowledge of an unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Henri Poulin, 21, is charged with:

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule I substance
• Three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Patrick Poulin, 22, is charged with:

• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule I substance
• Three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition

Three of the accused were released on an undertaking and are set to appear in court on February 15. The other two are in custody awaiting a bail hearing at the North Bay Courthouse.

During the raid police warned the public of an increased police presence in the area but added there was no threat to public safety.They also asked the public not to post live videos or pictures of the scene while officers were there.

"Posting live photos and videos of our officers can significantly increase the risk faced by them during evolving incidents and can compromise the integrity of ongoing investigations," the release continued.

In the past, police have asked the public not to show videos since it gives clues to possible armed suspects inside the building, where officers are located outside.

The North Bay Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Section, NBPS Street Crime Unit, NBPS Uniformed Patrol Section and NBPS Community Response Unit worked in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police, the OPP Tactical Rescue Unit, and the OPP Emergency Response Team in this incident.