On February 16 and 17, members of the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit with assistance from the Moosonee Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police charged two men under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
The police charged Rene Allen Sutherland, 39, of Timmins, with three counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking and Calvin Echum, 26, of Moose Factory, with three counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking.
The police seized $31,050 worth of drugs before they were shipped to their respective destinations of Moose Cree and Attawapiskat.
Sutherland is scheduled to appear in court on April 10 in Moosonee, while Echum is currently being held in custody pending a court bail hearing
