THUNDER BAY -- Thunder Bay Police Service officers have seized $350,000 of crack and powder cocaine in what they say is the city's largest-yet crack seizure.
Five people have been charged with drug charges in the seizure.
Drug and gang units executed four search warrants on Thursday at an apartment in the South Cumberland Street area around 10 p.m.
They also seized a replica firearm, cash and an asp baton.
Twenty-year-old Thunder Bay woman Olivia Paige Kanary, 25-year-old Etobicoke man Jamar Kaydeem Allison, 25-year-old Brampton man Joel Jordan Turner, as well as Toronto-based 33-year-old Kareem Maurice Bryan and 31-year-old Brandon Geoffrey Hinds are all facing cocaine trafficking charges.
All have been remanded into custody and held for future court dates.
"It is concerning to the Thunder Bay Police Service that these types of individuals continue to come to the north in search of greater profits from their illegal drug sales as it so often leads to elevated levels of violent crime along with the increased social problems they help create and maintain," a police release reads.
"These investigations are both complex and time consuming, the Thunder Bay Police Service would like to thank the public for their ongoing support in enabling the service to put these persons before the courts."
