On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, members of the Brantford Police Service Tactical Intelligence Generated Enforcement and Response Unit (T.I.G.E.R) continued a drug trafficking investigation from earlier in the month named Project MENACE.
As a result of the investigation on November 29, 2022, a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant and S. 487 Criminal Code search warrant had been obtained and executed at a Courtland Drive address.
Following the search, officers seized the following:
- Loaded 9mm firearm with ammunition
- Approximately 38 grams of (suspected) cocaine with an estimated street value of $3,810
- Approximately 3.5 grams of (suspected) fentanyl with an estimated street value of $1,400
- Digital scale and drug packaging materials
- Canadian currency
The seized illicit drugs were valued at approximately $5,210.
As a result of the investigation Quoc Quy DANG, 21, of Brantford was arrested and stands charged with the following:
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm (restricted), contrary to the Criminal Code
- Careless storage of a firearm, contrary to the Criminal Code
- Tampering with serial number contrary to the Criminal Code
- Knowledge possession of an unauthorized firearm contrary to the Criminal Code
- Possession of a firearm with altered serial number contrary to the Criminal Code
- Possession of a prohibited of restricted firearm with ammunition, contrary to the Criminal Code
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (cocaine)
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (fentanyl)
The accused has been held for bail.
