A police raid on a Trout Lake Road residence last Friday netted $44,000 in drugs with four people under arrest, two from North Bay.
A search led to the seizure of a gun and ammunition, a prohibited weapon, cellular phones, electronic devices, drug paraphernalia, over $7,000 in cash and drugs suspected to be Fentanyl, cocaine, and oxycodone. The street value of the drugs seized is believed to be over $44,000 says Constable Rob Lewis.
As a result of the investigation:
Philip Hermans, 50, from North Bay is charged with:
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Two counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order
Hermans was released on an Undertaking and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on January 25, 2022, in North Bay.
Cheyanne Maglov, 24, from North Bay is charged with:
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of weapon
- Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- Six counts of failure to comply with release order
Maglov was held in custody for bail court, then remanded back into custody and is scheduled to re-appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on December 29 in North Bay.
Roderick James, 45, from London is charged with:
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm,
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Two counts of failure to comply with a release order
- 12 counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition
James was held in custody for bail court, then remanded back into custody and is scheduled to re-appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on December 29, in North Bay.
Reese Mathieu, 20, from London is charged with:
- Two counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
Mathieu was held in custody for bail court, then remanded back into custody, and is scheduled to re-appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on December 29, in North Bay.
Involved in thr December 17 raid was OPP from North East Region Community Street Crime Unit, Emergency Response Team, Tactical Response Units, Canine Unit, and Critical Incident Command.
