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Four charged in cocaine bust in northern Ont.

Four people – including two from southern Ontario – have been charged with drug trafficking after a raid Nov. 1 of a residence on Atikameksheng First Nation. (OPP photo) Four people – including two from southern Ontario – have been charged with drug trafficking after a raid Nov. 1 of a residence on Atikameksheng First Nation. (OPP photo)
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Four people – including two from southern Ontario – have been charged with drug trafficking after a raid Nov. 1 of a residence on Atikameksheng First Nation.

Several units from the Ontario Provincial Police executed a search warrant on Lakeshore Drive and seized a rifle, cellphones, cash and drugs believed to be $11,000 in cocaine.

Four people – including two from southern Ontario – have been charged with drug trafficking after a raid Nov. 1 of a residence on Atikameksheng First Nation.

Four people – including two from southern Ontario – have been charged with drug trafficking after a raid Nov. 1 of a residence on Atikameksheng First Nation.

Two people from Atikameksheng First Nation, ages 28 and 50, as well as a 22-year-old from Newmarket and a 21-year-old from Kitchener have been charged with drug trafficking offences. The 28-year-old was also charged with weapons offences.

All the accused were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Dec. 18 in Sudbury.

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