NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINICAL POLICE
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TOWN OF NEW TECUMSETH, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO & ESSA TOWNSHIPS — Members of the Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit arrested a male in connection to a drug-trafficking investigation.
On Dec. 10, 2021 Nottawasaga and Caledon Community Street Crime Units with the assistance of OPP Canine, executed a search warrant as part of an investigation.
The investigation was in relation to a suspect trafficking cocaine in Simcoe County and Muskoka.
As a result of the investigation, 57 year old, Richard Nelson of Toronto was arrested and charged with the following:
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - Cocaine
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
- Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code - four counts
Police seized a quantity of cocaine and crack cocaine with a street value of approximately $40,000. Canadian currency and other drug-trafficking paraphernalia were also seized.
The accused was held pending a bail hearing; He has since been released and scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Bradford on Jan. 27, 2022.
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