After identifying drug activity in the central area of Hamilton, Hamilton Police and Timmins Police Service executed search warrants that resulted in the seizure of guns and illicit drugs. Three adults from Hamilton have been charged with several criminal offences. Hamilton Police would like to thank their policing partners in Timmins for assisting with the execution of the warrant.

Hamilton Police Vice and Drugs Unit continue to proactively investigate drug activity throughout the city. As a result of a local investigation, police learned there was a connection to the Timmins area.

On Thursday, September 13, 2018, Hamilton Police Vice and Drugs Unit and Timmins Police simultaneously executed search warrants in their respective cities.

Hamilton Police have seized a sawed-off shotgun from a storage unit in the area of Upper Ottawa and Stonechurch Road.

CHARGED

• Lee Newell, 30-year-old male from Hamilton
• Marianne Lazar, 24-year-old female from Hamilton

JOINT CHARGES

• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm 
• Possess Prohibited Firearm

As a result of the search warrant executed in Timmins, police seized a 25 calibre handgun and an undisclosed amount of Cocaine and Heroin.

CHARGED

• Malcolm Davis, 19-year-old male from Hamilton

CHARGES

• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under $5,000.00
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition X2
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon
• Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a firearm
• Possession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm
• Possession of a Firearm Knowing its loaded
• Careless Storage of a Firearm X2
• Trafficking Cocaine
• Trafficking Heroin
• Fail to Comply with Youth Sentence