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CTV News
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Two charged after $45K in suspected drugs seized following northern Ont. crash
Ontario Provincial Police seized an expandable baton and a wooden club from a motor vehicle following a crash on Highway 17 in Baldwin Township on July 5, 2025. (Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police) Two individuals are facing multiple charges after Ontario Provincial Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 17 in Baldwin Township earlier this month. At about 1 a.m. on July 5, authorities received a report of a pickup truck in the ditch near Michon Road. Officers located the vehicle nearby and arrested both the driver and passenger following an investigation. Drugs and weapons seized 'Police seized an amount of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of $45,500,' OPP said in a news release. The search of the vehicle also resulted in the seizure of an expandable baton and a wooden club. As a result, the driver, a 47-year-old woman from Carnarvon Township, and her passenger, a 37-year-old woman from Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, were both charged with two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, drug possession and drug trafficking. The driver also faces charges of failing to comply with a release order, driving while under suspension and impaired driving. In addition to charges Under provincial legislation, the motorist also received a 90-day driver's licence suspension and the vehicle involved was impounded for seven days at the owner's expense. Both accused were held for bail hearings. The driver remains in custody, while the passenger was released is scheduled to appear in court in Espanola on Aug. 18.
Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Disgraced cricket star Stuart MacGill opens up about his struggles after being convicted of dealing cocaine - and why he's jobless and worried for his kids
Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has opened up about how his life has changed since his legal troubles began, revealing that he cannot find work and is worried about the impact of the scandal on his children. In May, the 54-year-old former leg-spinner was found guilty of taking part in supplying drugs for a deal between his regular dealer and his brother-in-law in April 2021. Jurors found him not guilty of taking part in a large commercial drug supply but found him guilty of the lesser charge of supplying an indictable quantity of cocaine. In his first interview since the high-profile court case, MacGill admits he has been unable to find full-time work and that he has become reclusive and 'doesn't open the curtains too much' these days. 'I am very lucky because depression has never been a big thing for me,' he told the Howie Games podcast. 'I get anxious. I won't lie about that. I get very anxious. The former Test cricket star, who played 44 matches and claimed 208 wickets, says he leads a quieter life than he used to 'People talk about the half-full half-empty situation - well, I've always said I'm neither of them, I'm completely empty. 'And the reason I say that is because if today is the worst day of your life, tomorrow is going to be slightly fuller. ' MacGill, who played 44 Tests for Australia and took 208 scalps, says he is drawing on techniques from his playing days to get his life back on track. 'If you hit rock bottom there is sunshine ahead,' MacGill said. 'If anything particularly bothers me, I just don't think about it. I learned that through playing Test cricket. 'If you have a bad day, don't buy a paper. If you have a good day, buy every paper in the stand.' The cricket great said he worries about the stress his recent legal troubles have placed on his children. 'My kids have had to put up with it,' he said. The Test great (pictured with Joe Root) said it's easy for him to shut the media off, but it's harder for his kids 'I can just turn the media off but... it is very difficult for kids to turn social media off. 'I don't care what people are saying about me, but I do care what was happening to the kids and I know it has been very difficult for them.' MacGill also confessed he's been impacted mentally by his inability to find full-time employment, although he has got some work as a cricket coach. 'I'm doing my coaching but other than that I'm not really working much which is a pain because I have a pretty active mind and trying to shut that off is hard work,' he said. 'Lots of TV. But I don't mind my own company, which is a good thing.' 'I get lonely sometimes, but I think that's happened to a lot of people since Covid... 'My network used to be a big part of who I was. 'I knew a lot of people and I have closed that right down since I have needed to manage my own environment a little bit more carefully.'
ABC News
3 hours ago
- ABC News
Three men charged over alleged roles in importation of methamphetamine concealed in rolls of fabric
Three men have been charged for their alleged roles in importing almost 600 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in rolls of fabric, which authorities say could have "resulted in about six million individual street deals". Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Queensland intercepted a sea cargo consignment from Thailand on July 4, after it arrived at the Port of Brisbane. It is alleged the drugs were concealed in eight wooden crates declared as "UV protective fabrics". Forensic testing found the shipment contained 597kg of methamphetamine wrapped inside 200 rolls of fabric, authorities say. The drugs were removed and the consignment was delivered to a warehouse in Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner north. Australian Federal Police allege the three men were in the vicinity of the warehouse when it was delivered. "Two of the men allegedly began to unravel the rolls of fabric, as the 24-year-old attended a business to buy an electronic scale to allegedly weigh the illicit drugs they were expecting," ABF and AFP said in a joint statement. Police said that during subsequent search warrants of the warehouse and two vehicles, investigators found and seized the contents of the consignment, four mobile phones, about $7,000 cash, and tools suspected to be used in accessing the methamphetamine. The men, aged 22, 24 and 28, from New South Wales have each been charged with one count of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug and are expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday. AFP Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer said the result demonstrated the commitment to combating transnational organised crime and illicit drug trafficking. "The people behind importations like this have no regard for the harm and damage that illicit drugs wreak on the Australian community every minute of every day," Det Supt Telfer said. "Methamphetamine is a devastating drug and causes harm not just to the user, but also their loved ones and the wider community. ABF Acting Assistant Commissioner James Copeman said it was "an incredibly sophisticated concealment that could have easily evaded detection". "The sheer volume of methamphetamine hidden within legitimate-looking fabric rolls speaks to the lengths criminal syndicates will go to, but it also highlights the extraordinary capability of ABF officers to detect and disrupt even the most convincing smuggling attempts," he said.
CTV News
5 hours ago
- CTV News
Edmonton police seize opioids disguised as Xanax
Edmonton Police Service say officers intercepted a package last month containing hundreds of pills that look like Xanax made of a highly potent opioid.
Fox News
9 hours ago
- Politics
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Cartel drones pose 'dangerous' drug trafficking risk in border state, official warns
As reported crossings have dropped dramatically at the border, there is still work to be done on matters of stopping drugs from making their way into the United States, especially in the border state of Arizona, a top state official says. One of the ways that cartels transport drugs is by using drones, a tactic that gained attention after bipartisan legislation signed in the Grand Canyon State gave law enforcement the power to shoot down the small aircraft. "I think what has changed is that we have gotten more control over people crossing over the border, but unfortunately what has not changed is we still have a huge amount of fentanyl that is coming across our border here in Arizona, and that is being flown over the by the Mexican drug cartels with drones," Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said. "So, one of the things as the attorney general of Arizona that I've done is we got a law passed that allows local law enforcement and our office to shoot those drones out of the sky or to disable them with drone jammers. And that's something that's long overdue. There's a huge number of these drone incursions inside the United States, sometimes as far as 50 miles inside of Arizona, and that is unacceptable," she continued. "It is shocking, the number of drones that are coming inside Arizona. It's very, very dangerous. Obviously, right now, they are delivering payloads of fentanyl. But drones are capable of delivering almost anything, as we have seen in Ukraine," she said. Mayes has disagreed with various elements of the Trump administration's border and immigration policies. For example, she does not support the masking of ICE agents "except under extreme circumstances," as it causes distrust. On matters of drug enforcement, she asked for 50 or more Drug Enforcement Agency personnel and criticized a proposed 35% cut at the federal level to the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. "I need the federal government to step up to the plate and to bring us more resources to deal with these cartels as they evolve," she said. In response to Mayes' request for more DEA agents, the agency referred to Special Agent in Charge Jarod Forget's comments on "America Reports" in February. "We are committed to putting more people there. We are adding more people as we speak, so Phoenix has always been one of the top DEA domestic offices and regions that we're focused on. We see it in the numbers," he said at the time. While there are political disagreements on the Trump administration's border policies, some Republicans have expressed that the overall situation has significantly improved. "What I can tell you is that looking at the [beginning of] 2025 through June, we're seeing a reduction of fentanyl cases coming to our office," Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican, said. Maricopa County is a highly populated county that includes Phoenix in the suburbs. "We know that in 2022 to 2023, over half of the fentanyl seized — and this is according to DEA — was seized in Arizona. So this is the main distribution point for the entire country," Mitchell said, adding that the lethality of the pills has increased in recent years. "So those border efforts by President Trump and his administration to get control over that border are vital to keeping Americans safe and alive, frankly," she continued. When it comes to crossings, Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls explained that things are now more "peaceful" in the region. Yuma is just minutes from the border, and the city faced a strain on resources during the border crisis, including at its hospital, and they're still hoping to see reimbursement at some point. "The cartel activity has remained pretty much south of the border, and it pretty much always has. There's no real incursion into our community, and we did not see an increase in crime over the last five years. We've actually seen a decrease in the last couple of years," Nicholls noted. "So there's no direct impact here. But what has happened is, in Mexico, there's been a big shift in the cartels' organization as there's been arrests... The leadership levels have been competed for by people within the cartel organizations," he continued. "That's caused a lot of violence right across the border, so there are those concerns which have an impact on us. From the perspective of people coming here to access the border, if they're not crossing anymore, that impacts a lot our local economy, so from that perspective, that's really been the only big impact." "But the interdiction of drugs that come through our community — fentanyl, and all of them, cocaine and everything — to me, that's a bigger issue countrywide because it doesn't just stop here, it continues to move through our community," the mayor added. "Under President Trump, the southern border is more secure than it has ever been," said White House spokesperson Liz Huston. "The Trump Administration is restoring law and order, and dangerous cartel criminals are being removed from our streets. Protecting the American people is our top priority — and criminals now know if they cross our border, they will face the full force of the United States Justice System."
