{"id":85403,"date":"2026-07-29T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85403"},"modified":"2026-07-29T08:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:11:02","slug":"thunder-bay-opp-traffic-stop-results-in-multiple-charges-and-three-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/thunder-bay-opp-traffic-stop-results-in-multiple-charges-and-three-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder Bay OPP &#8211; Traffic Stop results in Multiple Charges and Three Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"timestamp\"><b>Jul 29, 2026 at 8:05<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 527 which led to multiple charges and the arrest of three individuals.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, shortly after 1:00 p.m., officers with the OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted a traffic stop. After speaking with the driver, an investigation began with the assistance of the Provincial Guns and Gangs unit. Officers seized a handgun, cellphones, Canadian currency, and drug related paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Jaylen CAESAR, 19 years old of Brampton was arrested and charged with the following <em>Criminal Code<\/em> offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime over $5000<\/li>\n<li>Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a prohibited or restricted weapon<\/li>\n<li>Careless storage of firearms, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of weapon<\/li>\n<li>Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dante FORBES, 18 years old of Brampton was arrested and charged with the following <em>Criminal Code <\/em>offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime over $5000<\/li>\n<li>Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a prohibited or restricted weapon<\/li>\n<li>Careless storage of firearms, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of weapon<\/li>\n<li>Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roseanna KWANDIBENS, 36 years old of Whitesand First Nation was arrested and charged with the following <em>Criminal Code <\/em>offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime over $5000<\/li>\n<li>Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm<\/li>\n<li>Occupant of motor vehicle knowing there was a prohibited or restricted weapon<\/li>\n<li>Careless storage of firearms, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized possession of weapon<\/li>\n<li>Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The OPP is committed to public safety across Ontario. Members of the public are encouraged to report suspicious activity by calling 911 in emergency situations or through the non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jul 29, 2026 at 8:05 Officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 527 which led to multiple charges and the arrest of three individuals. On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, shortly after 1:00 p.m., officers with the OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted a &#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-85403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 10:43:51","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\/85403","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=85403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85404,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85403\/revisions\/85404"}],"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=85403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}