(LOYALIST TWP., ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit has made an arrest after an attempt to deliver contraband to a Kingston-area correctional facility.
Street Crime Unit members, as well as members of the Lennox and Addington County OPP Detachment, located a suspicious vehicle near Millhaven Institution in Loyalist Township just before 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
Officials with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) had located and seized a package dropped from a drone within the institution grounds, containing lighters, matches, a knife, razor blades, suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, tobacco and cannabis in various forms.
OPP members located a suspicious vehicle in the area and arrested one person. A search of the vehicle located suspected methamphetamine, cocaine, and various forms of cannabis, as well as numerous SIM cards and digital scales.
As a result of the investigation, Marc-Andre PILON, age 32 of Thurso, Quebec has been charged under the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Cannabis Act with:
- Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence
- Mischief endangering life
- Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking – two counts
- Delivers contraband to an inmate
- Possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling
The accused was held in custody and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Napanee on September 12, 2024.
The investigation is continuing.