QUANTITIES OF COCAINE, CRACK COCAINE AND PSILOCYBIN SEIZED IN KENORA
(KENORA, ON) - A Manitoba resident is facing Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) charges following a drug trafficking investigation in Kenora.
In December 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) began a drug trafficking investigation in Kenora. With assistance from the Kenora OPP Community Street Crime Unit, Treaty Three Police Service Street Crime and the Winnipeg Police Service, the investigation revealed that controlled substances were being transported from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Kenora.
On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, officers conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 near Kenora. The vehicle briefly pulled over before continuing and failing to stop for police. Officers subsequently located and arrested the driver at a residence in Keewatin.
A search of the residence resulted in the seizure of the following items with approximate quantities:
- 640 g suspected cocaine
- 70 g suspected crack cocaine
- 610 g psilocybin
- Cell phone
- Digital scales and packaging materials
- One vehicle as offence-related property
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is $90,000.
Daniel PROULX, age 50 of Selkirk, Manitoba, was arrested and charged with:
- Flight from peace officer, s. 320.17 CC
- Dangerous operation, s. 320,13(1) CC
- Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, s. 354(1)(a) CC
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine, s. 5(2) CDSA
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking - psilocybin, s. 5(2) CDSA
The accused was remanded into custody and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora on Monday, December 22, 2025.