SSM OPP – Search Warrant seizes Drugs, Firearms – Charges Laid

On July 17, 2020 at approximately 2:30 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Canine Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence located on Batchewana First Nation.

Once complete, officers had seized a quantity of drugs suspected to be fentanyl, a sawed off shotgun, one firearm unsafely stored and eleven other firearms.

As a result of the investigation Steven DOLAN, 58 years-old from Batchewana First Nation was arrested and charged with the following:

• Unauthorized Possession of Firearm, 91(1) Criminal Code (CC)
• Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm/Ammunition, 95(b) CC
• Breach of Firearms Regulation – Store firearm or restricted weapon, 86(2) CC, 2 counts
• Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime under $5,000 – in Canada, 354(1)(a) CC
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Opioid (other than heroin), 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on August 10^th, 2020 located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

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