OPP Beat

Drug Charges Drugs and stolen property recovered On [Friday] January 28 OPP assisted by the Sault Ste. Marie Joint Forces Drug Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at a residence at 821 Highway 552 East in Goulais River.

Snow Racers Recovered Echo Bay, Ont. - An Echo Bay resident is now back in possession of three "GT" Snow racers that were stolen from their home yesterday afternoon. At about 2 p.m.

Snowplow Backs Into Car Garden River First Nation, Ont. - No one was injured yesterday after a snow plow backed into a car on Highway 17 in Garden River. At about 9:30 a.m. the plow and two other vehicles were westbound on Highway 17 in Garden River.

Seized Firearms A joint search by Ministry of Natural Resources staff and Ontario Provincial Police resulted in the seizure of six firearms and moose parts from a home in Goulais River.

Motor Vehicle Accident Closes Highway (Elliot Lake, Ont.) - On Wednesday, January 19, 2005 police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 108 approximately four kilometres from the junction of Highway 17 and 108.

Trashing of Apartment Sends Local Man to Jail (Elliot Lake, Ont.) - On January 17, 2005 the East Algoma OPP attended an apartment on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake regarding a male destroying his apartment .

Joint OPP Traffic and Marine Unit, MNR, STOP Officer Enforcement This weekend a Joint Enforcement Motorized Vehicle Patrol was conducted with the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit (formerly the RIDE Unit), MNR officers and officers from the STOP program.

Road closure Still closed The OPP (Wawa) would like to advise the motoring public that as a result of road conditions and weather Highway 17 approximately four kilometres south of Wawa, south to Batchawana Bay is closed until further notice.

Goulais River, Ont. - A man arrested for an early-morning break and enter yesterday morning now faces more charges after giving police a false name. Yesterday morning at 6 a.m.

Goulais River, Ont., A Saskatchewan man will appear in bail court this morning after not paying for gas at a Goulais River gas station. Yesterday at about 11:00 a.m. the man pulled into a Goulais River gas station and purchased about $50.