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Guns and drugs seized in raid
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Community Police Service, Canada Border Services Agency, the RCMP, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, and the Sûreté du Québec on Project Harden, a joint task force dealing with arms trafficking and cocaine dealing in Eastern Ontario. The task force executed six search warrants on May 27 in Eastern Ontario: Cornwall, Ottawa, South Glengarry Township, Akwesasne, and also in Longueuil, QC. Eight people were ar- rested and police seized eight hand guns, a silencer, an AK-47 assault rifle, a number of high-capacity magazines, ammunition, and a quantity of cocaine and marijuana.
Six of the hand guns are on Canada’s list of prohibited weapons while the other two are on the restricted weapons list. The origins for several of the seized weapons trace back to the U.S. and police are continuing inves- tigating leads on those items. Devin Lazore, 21, of Akwesasne, has 11 weapons-related charges under the Criminal Code. A combined total of more than 100 charges was laid against the eight people arrested during the raids. Pierre Nassif, 39, of South Glengarry Township faces 17 charges under the federal weapons and narcotics laws. Paul Nassif, 36, of Cornwall is charged
with breach of probation and with cocaine trafficking. Masaed Rashed, 27, of Ottawa is charged with cocaine trafficking, possession of proceeds obtained through crime, and breach of recognizance. Hussein Yassin, 40, of Cornwall is charged with cocaine traffic- king. Sean Carl, 25, and François Billard, 29, both of Cornwall, are charged with cocaine trafficking and possession of proceeds obtai- ned through crime. Sonia Bernier, 32, of Saint-Hubert, QC, faces a dozen weapons- related charges under the Criminal Code.
Police have arrested eight people and filed more than 100 charges related to illegal weapons and drugs following a series of raids in EasternOntario andWesternQué- bec as part of Project Harden, a joint police task force focused on the illegal arms trade. For more than five months, the OPP, through its Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) and Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU), worked with the Ottawa Police Service, the Cornwall
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