OTTAWA

Drug Unit seize significant quantities of cocaine, marihuana and hashish

Ottawa Police Published Friday, December 19, 2014 1:23PM EST

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OTTAWA - On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, the Ottawa Police Service Drug Unit with the assistance of the Tactical Team executed 4 Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrants at residences in the 400 block of Leitrim Rd, the 100 block of Castlegreen Priv, the 0-100 block of Haxby Priv, and the 1100 block of Meadowlands Dr.

The warrant executions were the culmination of an investigation that began in mid November, 2014. In the early stages of the investigation investigators identified and disrupted a drug trafficking network that was smuggling marihuana through the mail to communities in the Canadian North, where the street value of the drug increases exponentially compared to the Ottawa market. With assistance from Canada Post, drug investigators seized 668.55 grams of marihuana (valued at $6,685.50 in Ottawa) concealed within 12 cans of coffee that were being mailed to Nunavut.

Included in the items seized as a result of the drug warrant execution on December 17th were:

13, 751.22 grams (30.25 lbs) of Marihuana valued at $137, 512.00
8, 471.8 grams of Cannabis Resin (hash) valued at $169, 436.00
989.75 grams of powder cocaine valued at $98, 975.00
1, 137.05 grams of an unknown powder that was sent for analysis
$3, 466.00 in Canadian currency

As a result of the investigation, Elia AWAD, 55 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Trafficking in a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5000.00 under Sec 355(b) of the Criminal Code

George ABOU-EID, 46 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5000.00 under Sec 355(b) of the Criminal Code

George AWAD, 60 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession of a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Steven RAY, 24 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (cannabis resin) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Trafficking in a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5000.00 under Sec 355(b) of the Criminal Code

Andrea GOLUCH, 37 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Sarah GUY, 19 year old of Ottawa is charged with;

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (cannabis resin) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5000.00 under Sec 355(b) of the Criminal Code

Julie ROBINSON, 26 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (marihuana) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Schedule II Substance (cannabis resin) under Sec 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5000.00 under Sec 355(b) of the Criminal Code

Eli Joseph AWAD, 22 year old of Ottawa is charged with:

Possession of a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of a Schedule II Substance (cannabis resin) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Christopher CAMPBELL, 39 year old of Ottawa is outstanding and will be charged with:

Possession of a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Adla AWAD, 84 year old of Ottawa is outstanding and will be charged with:

Possession of a Schedule I Substance (cocaine) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Possession of a Schedule II Substance (cannabis resin) under Sec 4(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

Steven RAY was held in custody at his Show Cause hearing and given a court date of December 19th, 2014.

Elia AWAD and George ABOU-EID were held in custody at their Show Cause hearings and given court dates on December 23rd, 2014.

George AWAD, Eli Joseph AWAD, Andrea GOLUCH, Sarah GUY, and Julie ROBINSON were released on Promises to Appear with court dates on the14th of January, 2015.