SEARCH WARRANT IN M’CHIGEENG LEADS TO SEIZURE

OVER 140 GRAMS OF COCAINE AND $24,695 IN CURRENCY SEIZED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – M’Chigeeng, ON, August 22, 2024
Incident number: UF24001626

During August 2024, UCCM Police received information of individuals trafficking controlled substances in the community of M’Chigeeng.
A search warrant was obtained for the residence at Apartment #2 – 726A Highway 551, M’Chigeeng First Nation.
UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service’s Crime Unit and the OPP Community Street Crime Unit, executed the warrant and arrested four individuals inside the residence without incident. Ataulhai AHMAD, 24 yrs, of Oshawa; Adil HOSANNAH, 33 years, of Brampton; James BEBONING, 55 years, of M’Chigeeng; and Josephine CORBIERE, 48 years, of M’Chigeeng are all facing charges.

The search revealed the following:

  • $24,695 in Canadian currency
  • 148 g cocaine (street value $14,800)

All four have been charged with:

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in a Schedule I substance (cocaine) – S.5(2) CDSA.
  • Possession of Property Obtained by Crime over $5,000 (Canadian currency) – S. 354(1)(a) CC.

Ataulhai AHMAD faces additional charges:

  • Failure to comply with release order x 2 – S. 145(5)(a) CC

Adil HOSANNAH faces an additional charge:

  • Failure to comply with release order – S. 145(5)(a) CC

James Killeen
Chief of Police
UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service

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Community safety is a collaborative effort with our communities. UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service would like to remind the public that we need to work together to ensure the safety, protection and overall health and wellness of our communities. We need your help, your information, and your assistance to affect change. Drug trafficking invites residual and lateral violence into your communities, such as home invasions, serious assaults, and homicides, and leads to the erosion of our communities through addiction, homelessness, and overdose deaths. We need to speak directly with the people who have the information that we require to ensure the safety and protection of our communities. Remember information is best protected and utilized when the Police can receive the information firsthand.
The UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service, OPP Community Street Crime Unit and Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service remain committed to working collaboratively and will continue to focus its efforts on major crime operations that pose a direct and elevated threat to the safety, security, and wellness of our communities. This combined Integrated Street Crime Unit is a Joint Force Operation and aims to identify and disrupt organized crime on Manitoulin Island through innovative technology, collaborative partnerships and traditional Police work resulting in the arrests of those involved, holding them accountable for their criminal activities and the seizure of illegal drugs, prohibited firearms and proceeds of crime.
If anyone has further information regarding any criminal activity, drug trafficking and/or organized crime, please contact UCCM Police at 705-377-7135 or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers at 705-222- TIPS (8477) or 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit an online tip at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com Together we can make a difference.