The dead body discovered by police in a speeding vehicle in Petawawa Thursday night has been identified as a 24-year-old Ottawa man, and police have raided an Upper Ottawa Valley drug operation as part of their investigation.
Warren Tran's name was released Sunday afternoon, but a cause of death has not yet been determined. Further forensic testing is scheduled, and no charges have been laid.
However, police executed a search warrant on a marijuana grow operation at a residence on B-Line Road in Laurentian Valley Township.
OPP officers were on a routine patrol Thursday when they saw the vehicle westbound on Petawawa Boulevard at about 10:15 p.m. The driver failed to stop when police tried to pull the vehicle over.
The driver later pulled into Petawawa Plaza and asked officers to help Tran, who was already dead.
