Police sixteen drugs, guns, cash and stolen vehicles

Drugs, cash, stolen vehicles and guns were seized in raids on two locations last week.

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On Oct. 10, members from the Lambton County, Essex County and Elgin-Middlesex OPP community street crime units, with the assistance of the West Region OPP tactics and rescue unit, emergency response team, canine unit and Chatham-Kent police intelligence unit raided two addresses — on Wilkesport Line in St. Clair Township and on Wills Street in Wallaceburg, police said Tuesday.

The estimated value of the items seized is $64,815.

A 35-year-old St Clair Township man is charged with possession of prohibited firearms or ammunition, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, careless storage of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm , possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.

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A 39-year-old Wallaceburg woman is charged with careless storage of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm and possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.

The pair were held pending a bail hearing in Sarnia.

Anyone with information on this investigation is asked to contact Lambton County OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

Anonymous tip can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.

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