Press Release - Nishnawbe-Aski Police Services

On March 21, 2012, Nishnawbe-Aski Police members of the Neskantaga Detachment, Drug Enforcement Unit and the Combined Forces Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a residence located Neskantaga First Nation.
Police seized six-hundred ($600.00) dollars worth of Oxycodone, four thousand one-hundred ($4,100.00) dollars in Canadian currency, debt lists, and various drug paraphernalia such as pill cutters and false-bottom containers.

(Attawapiskat, ON) On September 13, 2012, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit, Attawapiskat Detachment, Guns and Gangs, and Emergency Response Team executed a warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in the community of Attawapiskat First Nation for the third time this year.
Police seized approximately $26,000 worth of Cannabis Marihuana, two firearms, as well as various drug paraphernalia.

On October 26 and 29, the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit assisted by the NAPS North West Crime Unit, the Organized Crime Enforcement Unit, and the Ontario Provincial Police Sioux Lookout Detachment investigated and charged two people with regard to drug trafficking of Morphine and Marihuana from Thunder Bay to Cat Lake First Nation.
On October 26 police seized Morphine prescription pills and Marihuana with a northern street value of $14,395 dollars.