{"id":83226,"date":"2026-05-15T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83226"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T12:14:01","slug":"east-algoma-opp-suspected-drugs-seized-and-charges-laid-after-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/east-algoma-opp-suspected-drugs-seized-and-charges-laid-after-traffic-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Suspected drugs seized and charges laid after traffic 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 May 14, 2026, at approximately 5:15 p.m., police stopped a small grey 4-door Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Police located and seized approximately 259 grams of suspected cocaine with an approximate street value of $25,900. The driver and passenger were subsequently arrested and charged.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Alex CUTHBERTSON, 55-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<\/ul>\n<p>Amber LAFONTAINE-SIGURDSON, 27-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<\/ul>\n<p>Both accused persons are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on July 9, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 14, 2026, at approximately 5:15 p.m., police stopped a small grey 4-door Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Police located and seized approximately 259 grams of suspected cocaine with an approximate street value of $25,900. The driver and passenger were subsequently arrested and charged. Scott Alex CUTHBERTSON, 55-years-old, of Elliot Lake was charged with: Possession &#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-83226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 10:42:11","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\/83226","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=83226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83228,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83226\/revisions\/83228"}],"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=83226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}