City of Kawartha Lakes OPP – Five Arrests, 15 Charges Under Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Names Released)

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In the fall of 2024, City of Kawartha Lakes Community Street Crime Unit (CKL CSCU) and Kawartha Lakes Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit (KLPS DEU) conducted an investigation under the controlled drugs and substance act.

CKL CSCU and KLPS DEU collaborated and commenced Project PACE.

On November 19th 2024 at approximately 4:00p.m., CKL CSCU and KLPS DEU with the assistance of OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and OPP K9 arrested five individuals during a traffic stop on Lindsay Street South in the Town of Lindsay.

As a result of the arrest, the following was seized:

525.3 grams of Cocaine,

28.9 gram of Crystal Methamphetamine

26.5 grams of Fentanyl,

$1664.45 in Canadian Currency

The total street value is approximately $67,500

The following five, face a combined 15 CDSA charges and 4 Criminal Code charges.

Daniel Lavigne, 54-year-old from Lindsay was charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Cocaine

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Fentanyl

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Methamphetamine

Fail to comply with Probation Order

Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Under $5000

 

Jake Breen, 32-year-old from Lindsay was charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Cocaine

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Fentanyl

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Methamphetamine

Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Under $5000

 

Colin Martin, 32-year-old from Lindsay was charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Cocaine

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Fentanyl

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Methamphetamine

Fail to comply with Probation Order

 

Frank Pezzo, 53-year-old from Lindsay was charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Cocaine

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Fentanyl

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Methamphetamine

 

Lyndsay Howard, 31-year-old from Lindsay was charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Cocaine

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Fentanyl

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Schedule I – Methamphetamine< /li>

Two were released on conditions and three were held for a bail hearing.

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