KEEWAYWIN — Nishnawbe Aski Police have arrested and charged four people following the search of a home in Keewaywin on Friday.
According to a media release issued by the First Nations policing service on Monday, officers executed a search warrant at a home in the community, located over 550 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, on the morning of March 21.
Police said four suspects were arrested without incident. Officers allegedly found suspected crack cocaine, cash, knives and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.
Three people from Keewaywin — a 29 year-old man, a 25 year-old man and a 36 year-old woman — were each charged with possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose. They were released from custody with conditions and a future court date, police said.
A 19 year-old from Hamilton also faces the same charges. He has been kept in custody following a weekend bail hearing, police said.
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