RED LAKE -- Four individuals are facing drug trafficking charges following a three-month long investigation.
According to an Ontario Provincial Police release, Ontario Provincial Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau and the Community Street Crime Unit along with officers from Red Lake, Fort Frances, Dryden and Kenora Detachments arrested four persons in Ear Falls and Vermilion Bay on Monday, July 25 as a result of a three-month long investigation dubbed "Project Morina".
Further support throughout the investigation was also provided by the Treaty Three Police Service and Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.
Police say in addition to the arrests, police also executed three search warrants in the towns of Fort Frances and Nestor Falls.
As a result of the investigation, police seized more than one kilogram of cocaine, approximately $50,000 in Canadian currency, three firearms, a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado and related evidence of trafficking. The street value of the cocaine is more than $100,000.
The following persons have been charged:
- Rodney Godbout, 59, of Ear Falls is charged with Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking.
- Ken Anderson, 67, of Fort Frances is charged with Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Allison Bragg, 32, of Fort Frances is charged with Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Dmitri Alexeiouk, 36, of Newmarket is charged with Trafficking Cocaine contrary to Section 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime over $5,000.
All four individuals were held in custody for bail hearings.
