Police have arrested another person in the Project Kentucky investigation.
On Tuesday, officers with the Anishinabek Police Service arrested the accused on the strength of a warrant and transported him to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.
Detectives with the Sault Police Service’s Drug Enforcement Unit, with assistance from the Anishinabek Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police, charged a 25-year-old Garden River man with trafficking a schedule I substance and possession of property obtained by crime.
Nathan Pregent-Daoust is charged with:
- Traffick in Schedule I Substance (Cocaine)
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime – Under $5,000
- Failure to Comply with Undertaking
The accused was held in custody pending a bail hearing. None of the allegations have been tested in court and the accused is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
This arrest brings the total number of individuals charged in connection with Project Kentucky to 24, with a total of 234 charges laid to date.
The successful completion of this investigation was made possible through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Ministry of the Solicitor General in which the Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario supported this investigation.
The Project Kentucky investigative team included members of the SSMPS Drug Enforcement Unit, the OPP North East Region’s Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, and the OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB).