Man arrested following a police raid at his Fournier home
A man was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at his Fournier home.
Officers from the Cornwall Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), the East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), and the K9 Unit arrested Shawn Leblanc, 33, over the mid-January weekend. Leblanc now faces 14 charges related to drugs and other items, including an ATV, which police seized during the raid.
Among the drugs seized are unspecified amounts of methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine, hydromorphone tablets, and psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms”. The OPP incident brief stated that the ATV seized during the raid was reported as stolen. Police also seized some Canadian currency, equipment used in drug trafficking, and one prohibited-class firearm.
Leblanc was charged with several counts relating to drug possession. Charges include two counts of possession of a Schedule I drug for the purpose of trafficking, single counts of possession of a Schedule II drug under three kilograms in quantity for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a Schedule III drug for the purpose of trafficking.
Leblanc was also charged with several other counts: possession of a firearm contrary to a legal prohibition order, illegal possession of a prohibited firearm, three counts of failure to comply with a probation order, two counts of possession of stolen property under $5000 value, and one count of careless of firearms, ammunition or other prohibited weaponry.
Leblanc was held in police custody for a January 16 appearance by video in provincial court in L’Orignal.