Suspected Meth lab in rural Williamsburg

 Police discovered and dismantled a sophisticated synthetic drug lab in a Forest Road bungalow, just north of Williamsburg October 23-24.

The drug lab is suspected of producing Methamphetamine.

A 29-year-old Greely man, Philippe Raymond, was arrested at the scene October 23, when members of the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Ottawa Drug Enforcement Unit, OPP Emergency Response Team, Canine Unit, and local OPP officers from the Morrisburg detachment, along with officers from the Cornwall Community Police Service, served a Controlled Drug and Substances Act search warrant at the residence.

He was charged with various Controlled Drugs and Substances Act charges, and taken to the Ontario Court of Justice in Cornwall for a bail hearing.

The drug lab, described by police as an economic-based synthetic drug lab, located in the garage of the house, was dismantled October 24.

An economic-based lab is one that exists for the sole purpose of producing synthetic drugs for sale to meet domestic/international demand. They are sophisticated in terms of the operation and equipment used. The majority of these are operated by organized crime groups.

Dismantling the lab was a concerted effort involving members of the OPP Clandestine Lab Investigative Response Team and other specially trained members of the OPP, with the assistance of local officers. Health Canada chemists, the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall and members of the South Dundas Fire and Emergency Services were also part of the dismantling effort.  

Police seized over $15,000 and samples of various substances. The chemicals seized from the synthetic drug lab are being submitted to Health Canada for expert analysis.