THUNDER BAY — Police in Thunder Bay have laid a total of 19 charges against five individuals after a pair of warranted searches in the city on Thursday.
In a media release issued Friday morning, police said they searched two homes — one on Cameron Street on the city’s south side, and one on Rona Street in the Current River area. The searches, police said, came as the result of a drug trafficking investigation that started in the fall of 2024.
Police said they seized quantities of suspected cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine, along with other items they say are consistent with drug trafficking and an unloaded shotgun. The total street value of the suspected drugs, police said, exceeded $225,000.
A 63 year-old Thunder Bay man faces the most charges, including three counts of trafficking cocaine, along with a single count each of trafficking fentanyl, unsafe storage of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and breaching court orders.
Two Toronto-area men — one 21 and one 32 — are each charged with one count each of possession with the purpose of trafficking cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine. The 21 year-old also faces two additional counts of trafficking cocaine.
And two people from Thunder Bay — a 26 year-old and a 30 year-old — are each charged with unsafe storage of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm and careless storage of a firearm.
All five accused appeared in court on Friday. They are still in custody, police said, with future court dates.
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