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On November 29, 2020 at approximately 3:34 PM officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11-17, Shuniah Township.
As a result of the traffic stop, officers located and seized 12,750 cartons of unmarked cigarettes. Officers also seized a quantity of Canadian currency.
Daniel Deschamps, age 46 of Winnipeg, MB has been charged with the following offences:
- Trafficking in Contraband Tobacco Criminal Code 121.1
- Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear in the Nipigon Ontario Court of Justice on March 2, 2021.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) provide policing services throughout Ontario. Our officers are responsible for policing over one million square kilometres of land and waterways. They provide frontline policing services to more than 320 Ontario municipalities and patrol over 126,000 kilometres of provincial roadways.
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