Police seized nearly $15,000 worth of Oxycodone pills following two searches in Sioux Lookout.
OPP officials in Sioux Lookout say officers from the Northwest Region Criminal Investigation Unit, and the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police used two search warrants to conduct searches of two separate locations in the town Thursday morning.
Three people were arrested following the drug seizure.
Police arrested a 29-year-old Big Trout Lake First Nation man, a 38-year-old Sioux Lookout man and a 28-year-old New Saugeen First Nation woman.
The Sioux Lookout man remains in custody, while the two other suspects were released with court dates scheduled for March and April.
Police say they continue to investigate all matters related to bootleggers and drug traffickers. Police request that anyone with information regarding the illegal sale of drugs or alcohol to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
