Drug Bust – Names Released

Source: OPP
Date: Wed Sep 11 03:40:20 MST 2024

(PEMBROKE, ON) – Three people are facing Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) charges after drug seizures in the City of Pembroke.



The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), assisted by OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), and members of the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP Crime Unit, executed two search warrants on September 4, 2024, at residences on Mary Street and Moffat Street in Pembroke.

Police seized suspected cocaine and fentanyl, cells phones, digital scales, packaging materials and a quantity of cash.

As a result of this investigation 57-year-old Blake TYSICK of Pembroke is charged with the following CDSA offence:

Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
Denise DUPLESSIS, age 33 of Pembroke, is charged with the following CDSA offence:

Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
Awale Abdunsir ADEM, age 22 of Ottawa, is charged with the following CC and CDSA offences:

Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
TYSICK and ADEM were held for bail hearings, and both were subsequently released to attend the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on September 24, 2024, and October 7, 2024, respectively. DUPLESSIS was released to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on October 7, 2024.