Police arrested two men after searching two Thunder Bay homes Tuesday.
Officials with the combined force’s drug enforcement unit and guns and gangs unit arrested the two men after searching a home in the 600 block of Strand Avenue and another home in the 400 block of Piccadilly Street.
The search warrants followed an investigation into two local men who were suspected cocaine traffickers.
Police say a 35-year-old male suspect was arrested while in a vehicle on Strand Avenue. He was with three other people at the time.
Police say they found a loaded .22 calibre handgun in the vehicle the suspect was in.
A search of the Strand Avenue home resulted in the seizure of about 30 grams of cocaine, 37 grams of marijuana, 520 methamphetamine pills and about $19,000 in Canadian cash.
Police believe the street value of the drugs seized is about $5,340.
The handgun was previously reported stolen four months earlier.
Stephan Richard Parr, 35, faces criminal charges of:
- Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of Marijuana
- Proceeds of Crime exceeding $5,000.00
- Careless use of a firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of unregistered firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of prohibited weapon
- Possession of a loaded restricted firearm
- Possession of restricted firearm obtained by crime
Randy Demien Laughlin, 25, faces the following criminal charges:
- Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of Marijuana
- Proceeds of Crime exceeding $5,000
- Breach of Probation
Both suspects were held in custody and appeared in court on Wednesday. Both suspect have been remanded and will appear in a Thunder Bay courtroom on Friday.
