Five people are facing charges as police have seized fentanyl as part of a drug investigation in Brunswick House First Nation.
Nishnawbe Aski Police say their Intelligence Unit, Emergency Response Team, and the OPP's Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant in the community on Monday, seizing an unspecified quantity of fentanyl, cash, and "paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking" while arresting five people - a 26-year-old, a 33-year-old, a 36-year-old, a 41-year-old, and a 58-year-old, all from Brunswick House First Nation - on charges including possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking.
The accused in their 30s were remanded into custody while the others were released on conditions, all with future court dates, while NAPS says their investigation's continuing.