Couchiching seizure valued at over $100k

A drug bust on a Fort Frances area First Nation has resulted in a seizure valued at more than $100,000.

Officers with the Treaty Three Police Service spearheaded the investigation and warrant execution Tuesday on the Couchiching First Nation.

There they arrested a 46 year old man, and seized a vehicle, cash and quantities of two controlled substances, oxycodone and hydromorphone.

The accused faces several charges:

• Possession for the purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of property obtained by Crime over $5000
• Careless storage of a firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm

Assisting in the raid were members of the Ontario Provincial Police's Fort Frances and Kenora Street Crime Units and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau.