FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 12, 2020 10:00am
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Street Crime Unit seized a loaded crime handgun, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), illicit Alprazolam pills (known as Xanax) and Canadian currency as a result of search warrants executed in the 1-100 block of Letourneau Street and the 700 block of Cobble Hill Drive on Thursday morning.
Richard AKOHENE-MENSAH, 26 years old, Jayden ROBINSON, 26 years old, Maria HAWA, 24 years old, and Celeste BLACK, 22 years old, all from Ottawa, have all been charged with numerous Firearms, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and Possession of Proceeds of Crime Offences.
They are scheduled to appear in court on June 12, 2020.
We encourage everyone to report drug offences by contacting the Ottawa Police Drug Unit/Street Crime Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5080.
Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 or at crimestoppers.ca.
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