(FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, ON) - Four individuals are facing 45 Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) charges following a drug trafficking investigation on Fort William First Nation, including two residents of the Greater Toronto Area.

In the fall of 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG), in cooperation with the Anishinabek Police Service, initiated an intelligence-led investigation into alleged drug trafficking activity on Fort William First Nation. With assistance from the Thunder Bay OPP, the OPP Emergency Response Team and the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, a search warrant was executed on Fort William First Nation on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.

Investigators seized the following items with approximate quantities:

• Loaded firearm equipped to be fully automatic
• 250 g suspected cocaine
• 195 g suspected fentanyl
• 115 oxycodone tablets
• $6,450 CAD
• Cell phones

The estimated street value of the drugs seized is over $106,000.

As a result, four people were arrested and charged.

Teddi-Lyn MADDOCK, age 34 of Fort William First Nation, was charged with:

• Possession of a firearm while prohibited, s 117.01(1) CC - three counts
• Possession of a loaded restricted firearm, s. 95(1) CC
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, s. 88 CC
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm, s. 91(1) CC
• Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, s. 92(1) CC
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device, s. 91(2) CC
• Careless storage of a firearm, s. 86(1) CC
• Possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, s. 354(1)(a) CC
• Failure to comply with a release order, s. 145(5)(a) CC
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - oxycodone, s. 5(2) CDSA

Nouh SOUARE, age 26 of Toronto, was charged with:

• Possession of a loaded restricted firearm, s. 95(1) CC
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, s. 88 CC
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm, s. 91(1) CC
• Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, s. 92(1) CC
• Possession of a firearm while prohibited, s 117.01(1) CC
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device, s. 91(2) CC
• Careless storage of a firearm, s. 86(1) CC
• Possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, s. 354(1)(a) CC
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - oxycodone, s. 5(2) CDSA

Brandon GONSALVES-HEWITT, age 22 of Scarborough, and David PELLETIER, age 30 of Fort William First Nation, were each charged with:

• Possession of a loaded restricted firearm, s. 95(1) CC
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, s. 88 CC
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm, s. 91(1) CC
• Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, s. 92(1) CC
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device, s. 91(2) CC
• Careless storage of a firearm, s. 86(1) CC
• Possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, s. 354(1)(a) CC
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl, s. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking - oxycodone, s. 5(2) CDSA

The accused were remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay at a later date.

The PGNG in the North West Region consists of members from the OPP, the Thunder Bay Police Service and the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, with support from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).