Peterborough Woman Charged With Drug Trafficking With Value Over $400,000
/A 26-year-old Tirath Odea is facing drug-related charges after a joint investigation between the Peterborough Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police.
The Peterborough Police Service Drug Unit and the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) began this investigation last summer after an increase in drug trafficking activity throughout Peterborough and the surrounding area.
On Jan. 28, five search warrants were executed in Peterborough, Durham Region and York Region by members from the Peterborough Police Service Emergency Response team, OPP OCEB, Peterborough OPP Detachment, City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Community Street Crime Units (CSCU), and Peterborough County/Northumberland OPP CSCU.
As a result, the investigative team seized:
Approx. 1.5 kilograms of Fentanyl
Approx 1.6 kilograms of Cocaine
30 opioid tablets
More than $5000 in Canadian currency
9 Electronic devices (eight cell phones and one laptop)
Digital scales
The total street value of the seizure was $470,000.
Odea was arrested and charged with:
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine X2
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl X2
Possession for the purpose of trafficking - other opioid X2
Possession of Property obtained by Crime Section
