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Executed warrant turns up cherished treasures in Parry Sound
Cherished items can be returned to their rightful home after provincial police executed a drug warrant at a home on Gibson Street in Parry Sound.
On July 15, police from the North East Region Community Street Crimes Unit assisted by West Parry Sound OPP and West Parry Sound OPP Crime Unit searched a residence.
Officers not only seized Canadian currency along with gold bars valued at over $30,000, they found a quantity of drugs suspected to be cocaine, heroin and Hydromorphone with an estimated street value of $145,000.
And to top it off, police also discovered the missing silverware from the Trinity Anglican Church that was given during the church's opening in 1876 and stolen in February 2024.
A 50-year-old Parry Sound man was arrested and charged with:
Possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking - heroin
Possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine
Six counts of possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking - other opioid
Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
The accused was held for bail at the Ontario Court of Justice in Parry Sound.
