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Gun, drugs, cash seized in Hawkesbury

Police seized weapons, drugs and cash from a Hawkesbury apartment on Friday. — supplied photo
Police seized weapons, drugs and cash from a Hawkesbury apartment on Friday.
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A Hawkesbury man will face court in December on weapons and drugs charges after a police raid on Friday.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region’s Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a Spence Avenue apartment on Friday. The officers seized a loaded handgun, brass knuckles, and suspected methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and cannabis.

Almost $3000 in Canadian currency and items associated with drug trafficking were also taken, the OPP said in a statement. Denis Vernier, 56, was arrested and charged with:

  • Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose – Criminal Code (CC) sec. 88
  • Possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon – CC sec. 93(a)
  • Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm – CC sec. 95(a)
  • Fail to comply with a probation order – CC sec. 733.1(1)
  • Careless storage of a firearm – CC sec. 86(1)
  • Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) sec. 5(2)
  • Possession of a Schedule 1 Substance – CDSA sec. 4(1)
  • Possession of illicit cannabis – Cannabis Act (CA) sec. 8(1)(b)
  • Possession for the purpose of distributing – CA sec. 9(2)

He was released from custody and will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in L’Orignal on December 23.