Ottawa police seize guns, drugs, more than $100K in South Keys drug bust
Posted Mar 7, 2023 12:29:58 PM.
An Ottawa man is facing multiple charges in connection with a drug investigation that began earlier this year.
In January 2023, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Street Crime Unit began an investigation into a man alleged to be trafficking drugs throughout the city.
The investigation led to a search warrant being executed in the 3300 block of Southgate Road, in South Keys, on Friday, March 3.
Officers seized the following items:
- Loaded 9mm Beretta Pistol (prohibited)
- 500 rounds of 9mm ammunition
- Currency estimated to be in excess of $100,000
- 18.5 grams of crack cocaine
- 61.8 grams cocaine
- 107 ml unknown liquid
- 42 Lorazepam pills
- 114 oxycodone pills
- 272 hydromorphone pills
- 21 amphetamine pills
- 2018 Honda Civic (Asset Forfeiture)
Thang Van Josua, 21, of Ottawa, was arrested for a variety of CDSA, proceeds of crime and firearms-related offences and has appeared in court.
