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Seven people have been charged in a two-month sting of street-level drug selling in the ByWard Market and Lowertown, with police calling it a “first wave” of arrests.
They’re among a total of 21 people involved in selling drugs who have been identified by the street-crime unit in Project Mitigate, police said Monday. Investigators believe they were selling crack, amphetamines and opioids but say the analysis of many of the seized drugs is still pending.
The arrests began Thursday when police raided an address on Murray Street near King Edward Avenue and seized crack cocaine. Two children, aged 18 months and three, were taken into Children’s Aid Society custody.
Staff Sgt. Rick Carey of the drug and street crime units said it’s a follow-up to Project Flurry, which wrapped up in July.
“With the opening of supervised injection sites in the area, we received more complaints related to traffickers attending the area to profit from people’s addictions,” Carey said. “Unfortunately, we’ve seen too often the level of violence that can stem from this type of crime.”
The charges laid include possession for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking and possessing of the proceeds of crime under $5,000.
Charged are Roger Egidio, 50, Jean Réginal Fernezan, 48, Sarah Gillis, 34, Andy Jalbert, 46, Talib Khamis, 31, and Celina Thibeault, 25.
Gabrielle Fradet, 28, was arrested on warrants issued by police in Gatineau.
More arrests are coming, police said.
Anyone who needs information about drug use and the help available can go to stopoverdoseottawa.ca, police say.
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They’re among a total of 21 people involved in selling drugs who have been identified by the street-crime unit in Project Mitigate, police said Monday. Investigators believe they were selling crack, amphetamines and opioids but say the analysis of many of the seized drugs is still pending.
The arrests began Thursday when police raided an address on Murray Street near King Edward Avenue and seized crack cocaine. Two children, aged 18 months and three, were taken into Children’s Aid Society custody.
Staff Sgt. Rick Carey of the drug and street crime units said it’s a follow-up to Project Flurry, which wrapped up in July.
“With the opening of supervised injection sites in the area, we received more complaints related to traffickers attending the area to profit from people’s addictions,” Carey said. “Unfortunately, we’ve seen too often the level of violence that can stem from this type of crime.”
The charges laid include possession for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking and possessing of the proceeds of crime under $5,000.
Charged are Roger Egidio, 50, Jean Réginal Fernezan, 48, Sarah Gillis, 34, Andy Jalbert, 46, Talib Khamis, 31, and Celina Thibeault, 25.
Gabrielle Fradet, 28, was arrested on warrants issued by police in Gatineau.
More arrests are coming, police said.
Anyone who needs information about drug use and the help available can go to stopoverdoseottawa.ca, police say.
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