| Broadcast time: 7:31 AM | Date: July 18, 2013 |
Sarnia Police Vice Branch executed their 60th warrant last night around 4:45 PM in the 100 block of Davis Street. This was a Criminal Code Search Warrant and during the search two firearms were located along with marihuana, hydromorphone and cash. Three people were arrested.
Members from the Vice Branch were assisted by the Criminal Investigations and COPPS Branches. A traffic stop was made just before 4:30 PM in the area of East and Davis Streets. A 50 year old Sarnia was driving and his passenger was a 39 year old woman, also from Sarnia. The man was arrested and the woman was detained at the time. The warrant was then executed at the residence. A 27 year old man was found inside. The two people stopped in the vehicle are in police custody awaiting bail hearings. The man found inside was found to be on probation. He was charged with two counts of Breach of Probation and Possession of Marihuana for the Purpose of Trafficking. He was later released on a Promise to Appear.
The other two individuals will face charges of Possession of Hydromorphone for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of Marihuana for the Purpose of Trafficking along with two counts of Possession of a Firearm Without Being the Holder of a Licence and two counts of Careless Storage of Firearms. The two firearms in question were a Mossberg 12 gauge pump action shotgun and a sawed off Ithaca 12 gauge pump action shotgun.
In total, over $2200 in cash was seized, 876 grams of marihuana with a street value of about $8,761, 23 Hydromorphone tablets with a street value of about $115 and 72 medicinal marihuana pills valued at about $730.
Constable Heather Emmons
Media Relations Officer
Tel: 519-344-8861 Ext 5345
Email: hemmons@police.sarnia.on.ca