NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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WHITE RIVER - On Nov. 22, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police Superior East (White River) Detachment, with the assistance of the Community Street Crime Unit, intercepted a commercial motor vehicle related to a drug offences investigation.
Police searched the vehicle and located quantities of suspected methamphetamine, cocaine, hash oil and unmarked cigarettes. As a result of the investigation, three people were arrested and charged.
Stephane LaRochelle, 43, of Kapuskasing, Ont. was charged with the following;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA),
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine, contrary to section 5(2) CDSA,
- Have care or control of vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available, contrary to section 12(1) of the Cannabis Control Act, 2017,
- Possession of unmarked cigarettes, contrary to section 29(2) of the Tobacco Tax Act.
Christian Lundquist, 26, and Tiffany Rognvaldson-Cote, 32, of White River, Ont. were charged with the following;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, contrary to section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA),
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine, contrary to section 5(2) CDSA.
All three accused parties were released from custody and are to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Wawa, Ont. on Feb. 11, 2019.
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