Timmins police find drugs, guns in Carrigan Road home after standoff
As the investigation continues into a 911 call that led Timmins police to a 15-hour standoff at a Carrigan Road home last week, more than $120,000 in drugs have been seized along with five weapons.
Police on Carrigan Road after 911 distress call. March 23/24 (The Voices of Timmins)
Few details about what happened March 23 are available yet, but on Thursday, Timmins police provided a list of the items seized from the house along with the people charged.
Officers searched the home and found 1,004 grams of cocaine, 23 g of fentanyl, 94 g of crystal meth, 2,200 tablets of methamphetamine, three 9 mm handguns, ammunition and two Tasers.
A total of eight people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Three Timmins residents ranging in age from 27 to 62, along with two 21-year-old Toronto men, are charged with conspiracy to commit murder, administering a noxious substance, forcible confinement, aggravated assault, assault, numerous weapons-related charges and several breaches of release and probation orders.
All five of these suspects are being held in custody pending a bail hearing.
Two of the Timmins men, ages 47 and 62, are also charged with possession of a prohibited device and having a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order, along with another 46-year-old Timmins resident.
The two suspects who were released are both men from Timmins – ages 27 and 63 – and charged with having a prohibited device.
The younger of the two is also charged with having a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order, while the elder is also charged with operation while prohibited.
Police said the criminal investigations section is still actively working on the incident and further charges are pending.
Police on Carrigan Road after 911 distress call led to a 15-hour standoff resulting in eight arrests. March 23/24 (The Voices of Timmins)
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