Four face drug-related charges in Espanola

OPP NEWS RELEASE

************************* Drug search warrant results in four arrests

ESPANOLA - On September 29, 2011, members of the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Sudbury Drug Enforcement Unit in partnership with the Espanola Police Service, Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service, United Chiefs and Council of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police Service and the Manitoulin Island Detachment of the OPP, executed a controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence located on Second Street in the Town of Espanola. 

As a result of this investigation, 175 grams of marijuana and a small quantity of cocaine and cannabis resin was seized along with $1,100 cash. 

Four males were arrested inside the residence and charged with numerous drug related offences. 

Morris Collins and Brandon St. Pierre were held in custody pending a bail hearing set for September 30, 2011 in Sudbury, while Brad Collins and Braeden Collins were released from custody and will appear in court November 1, 2011 in Espanola. 

The street value of the drugs seized is $4,000. 

Charged are:

Morris Collins, age 48, of Espanola 

- Possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking (3 counts)

- Possession of property obtained by crime

Brandon St. Pierre, age 19, of Espanola

- Possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking (3 counts)

- Possession of property obtained by crime

Brad Collins, age 18, of Espanola

- Possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking (3 counts)

- Possession of property obtained by crime

Braeden Collins, age 19, of Espanola

- Possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking (3 counts)

- Possession of property obtained by crime

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