GUNS AND GANGS 23-75050
GUN, DRUGS AND CASH SEIZED
Two facing charges
LONDON, ON (August 31, 2023) – A man and woman are facing a number of charges after weapons and more than $500,000 worth of drugs were seized.
On Wednesday August 30, 2023, members of the London Police Service (LPS) Guns and Gangs Section, with the assistance of the Canine Unit and the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), executed a search warrant at a residence on Hamilton Road.
The following items were seized:
- Strum Ruger & Co. 357 calibre revolver
- 48 rounds of 357 calibre ammunition
- Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW)
- Knife
- Brass knuckles
- 1314 grams of suspected fentanyl, value $328,500
- 437 grams of suspected carfentanil, value $117,000
- 648 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine, value $32,400
- 10,407 x 8mg dilaudid, value $41,628
- 2008 x 4mg dilaudid, value $4016
- 309 x 100mg hydromorphone, value $15,450
- 72 x 5mg oxycodone, value $360
- 19 grams of suspected cocaine, value $1900
- A quantity of Canadian currency
Total value of drugs seized: $ 541,254
As a result of the investigation, Kenneth St. Onge, 45, and Spencer Geneau, 29, both of London, have been jointly charged with the following offences:
- Five (5) counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking;
- One (1) count of careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device, or ammunition;
- One (1) count of careless use of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition;
- One (1) count of unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm;
- One (1) count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition; and
- One (1) count of possession of a prohibited device or ammunition.
Kenneth St. Onge, 45, has additionally been charged with the following offences:
- One (1) count of possession of firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order; and
- One (1) count of possession of prohibited device or ammunition.
Both of the accused are scheduled to appear in London court today in relation to the charges.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.
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