opp1In early December 2015, members of the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment – Cochrane, Criminal Investigation Unit and Community Drug Action Team embarked into an investigation after it received a complaint of theft of drugs from a local Cochrane drug store.   

Investigation revealed approximately 16,000 tablets of various narcotics had been stolen from the drug store over a period of time.  On Monday, December 28, 2015, Carolann RUSSELL, 51 years old, an employee of the drug store was arrested and charged with:

  • Theft contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada (CC) (46 counts);
  • Possession of property obtained by crime contrary to the CC;
  • Trafficking in a schedule I substance contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA); and with
  • Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking contrary to the CDSA.

She is being held for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice scheduled on December 29, 2015 in Cochrane, Ontario.