In a joint investigation with the Tyendinaga Police Service, Lennox and Addington OPP say officers have seized drugs and weapons from a Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory home.
OPP would not give many details about the incident, but did say that during the raid on Thursday morning at a home on Highway 49, a quantity of illegal drugs, a handgun and a live hand grenade were found.
Global Kingston spoke with Steven Crane, who says he’s the head of the National Native Bible College. Crane confirmed that the raid took place on the private college’s property.
Crane says the college is “church affiliated,” and has people living on its premises to study, but wouldn’t comment any further on the incident involving the arrest.
There is very little information about the college online, other than it is located 120 Highway 49 in Deseronto.
As a result of the raid, investigators arrested Karakwontonh “Kari” Maracle, an 18-year-old from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
Maracle was charged with two counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, one count of drug trafficking, one count of unauthorized possession of a firearm, one count of tampering with the serial number of a firearm and one count of possession of explosives for an unlawful purpose.
Maracle is scheduled to appear in a Belleville court on Jan. 2, 2020.
OPP would not release any more information about the investigation, saying the matter is now before the courts.