Ajax man faces battery of charges after gun, fentanyl, meth seized in Sault Ste. Marie drug investigation

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Published April 12, 2022 at 3:13 pm

Ajax man charged Sault Ste Marie drug investigation
Police seized this Glock as part of a drug investigation in Sault Ste. Marie.

A man from Ajax faces a battery of charges after police seized a gun, fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine as part of a drug investigation in Sault Ste. Marie.

The OPP Community Street Crime Unit and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Crime Suppression and Drug Enforcement Units arrested the man alongside a local woman on April 8.

In the course of their investigation officers say they discovered 25 grams of yellow fentanyl, 6 grams of meth, $3,600 Canadian and a Glock 17 9mm handgun loaded with 17 rounds.

The OPP estimates the fentanyl to be worth more than $9,000 and valued the meth at $1,200. Officers also seized packaging materials, a digital scale, and cell phones.

Jayden Aprile, 22 of Ajax was arrested on numerous charges including;

  • Carry firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition in a careless manner
  • Carrying concealed weapon
  • Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
  • Unauthorized possession of Weapon
  • Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm
  • Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition
  • Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
  • Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Methamphetamine
  • Trafficking in Schedule I Substance – Opioid (other than heroin), and
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of trafficking – Opioid (other than heroin)

Patricia Vierimaa, 24 of Sault Ste. Marie, is charged with;

  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Opioid (other than heroin)
  • Traffick in Schedule I Substance – Opioid (other than heroin), and
  • Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000

Both appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom on April 9.

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