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A 26-year-old Peterborough woman is facing drug-related charges after a joint investigation between the Peterborough Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
The Peterborough Police Service Drug Unit and the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) began this investigation in the summer of 2024 after an increase in drug trafficking activity throughout Peterborough and the surrounding area.
On January 28, 2025, 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 seizure was $470,000.
As a result, 26-year-old Tirath Odea of Peterborough 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
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear court in Peterborough on January 31, 2025.
Sandra Dueck
Manager, Strategic Communication Services
Peterborough Police Service
sdueck@peterborough.ca
705-876-1122 x217
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