{"id":78773,"date":"2025-12-01T07:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=78773"},"modified":"2025-12-01T07:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:03:23","slug":"east-algoma-opp-three-charged-with-drug-offences-after-traffic-infraction-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/east-algoma-opp-three-charged-with-drug-offences-after-traffic-infraction-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Three charged with drug offences after traffic infraction stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On November 28, 2025, at approximately 12:00 p.m., police stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction. Once stopped, the passenger was observed with a grinder and cannabis in hand. All three occupants were subsequently arrested and the vehicle search resulted in approximately 132 grams of suspected cocaine, almost $3000 in cash, numerous cell phones and suspected cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>Heiko SCHMITZ, 54-years-old, of Elliot Lake was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking &#8211; cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This accused person is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on January 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Flamur LAMA, 25-years-old, of Hamilton was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking &#8211; cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000<\/li>\n<li>Drive motor vehicle with cannabis readily available<\/li>\n<li>Fail to have insurance card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quiara JOSEPH, 25-years-old, of Hamilton was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking &#8211; cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These accused persons are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice Bail Court in Blind River on November 29, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 28, 2025, at approximately 12:00 p.m., police stopped a vehicle for a traffic infraction. Once stopped, the passenger was observed with a grinder and cannabis in hand. All three occupants were subsequently arrested and the vehicle search resulted in approximately 132 grams of suspected cocaine, almost $3000 in cash, numerous cell phones and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 22:10:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78774,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78773\/revisions\/78774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}