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Vol. 30, Issue 12, November 20, 2025
Arrests Linked To Drug Trafficking In Chapleau Cree, Brunswick House
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wo people face charges after police located cocaine and codeine from a home in Chapleau, Ont., Wednesday afternoon. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the NAPS Emergency Response Team, OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, and frontline NAPS and OPP officers, executed a search warrant at a residential address in Chapleau, Ont., in the afternoon hours of Wednesday, Nov. 12. The search warrant was obtained as a result of an ongoing investigation into drug
trafficking activity in the area, including neighbouring Brunswick House First Nation and Chapleau Cree First Nation. When police entered, they located and arrested two suspects without incident. Following a search of the home, police located and seized a quantity of suspected cocaine, codeine tablets, and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking. A 37-year-old male from North Bay, is charged with: • Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Trafficking Opioid (codeine) for the Purpose of Trafficking A 29-year-old female from North Bay, is charged with: • Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking • Possession of Trafficking Opioid (codeine) for the Purpose of Trafficking The names of accused individuals are withheld until charges against them have been sworn in before the courts. Both accused have since been released from custody with conditions and future court appearance dates.
Conservation Officers Need Your Help – Bull Moose Illegally Killed Near Hearst
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o you have information about a bull moose that was illegally shot and left to waste near Mitchell Chutes Road, south of Hearst? Conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources are asking for the public's help in identifying those responsible for killing and abandoning a bull moose in a forestry cut block off the Mitchell Chutes Road in Roche Township. On October 27, 2025, a local forestry company reported finding the bull moose in a cut block at the end of P-6 Road, near a strip road and wood pile. Investigators believe the animal was shot between October 24 and 26, Long Term 2025. Forecast This is a serious offence, and the ministry is Thursday committed to holding those responsible High 2 Low -1 accountable. Friday If you have any information that could assist High 0 with the investigation, please contact the ministry's Low -9 TIPS line toll-free at 1-877-847-7667, or reach out Saturday High 0 Low -2 Sunday High 3 Low -2 Monday High 3 Low -4 Tuesday High 1 Low -2
to your local ministry office. You can also report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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