OPP Beat

Seized Firearms A joint search by Ministry of Natural Resources staff and Ontario Provincial Police resulted in the seizure of six firearms and moose parts from a home in Goulais River.

Motor Vehicle Accident Closes Highway (Elliot Lake, Ont.) - On Wednesday, January 19, 2005 police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 108 approximately four kilometres from the junction of Highway 17 and 108.

Trashing of Apartment Sends Local Man to Jail (Elliot Lake, Ont.) - On January 17, 2005 the East Algoma OPP attended an apartment on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake regarding a male destroying his apartment .

Joint OPP Traffic and Marine Unit, MNR, STOP Officer Enforcement This weekend a Joint Enforcement Motorized Vehicle Patrol was conducted with the OPP Traffic and Marine Unit (formerly the RIDE Unit), MNR officers and officers from the STOP program.

Road closure Still closed The OPP (Wawa) would like to advise the motoring public that as a result of road conditions and weather Highway 17 approximately four kilometres south of Wawa, south to Batchawana Bay is closed until further notice.

Goulais River, Ont. - A man arrested for an early-morning break and enter yesterday morning now faces more charges after giving police a false name. Yesterday morning at 6 a.m.

Goulais River, Ont., A Saskatchewan man will appear in bail court this morning after not paying for gas at a Goulais River gas station. Yesterday at about 11:00 a.m. the man pulled into a Goulais River gas station and purchased about $50.

Manitoulin woman trapped after single-vehicle collision On Wednesday January 5 at 1:20 p.m. a 2002 Grey Pontiac four-door vehicle was southbound on Highway 6 on Great Cloche Island about 2 kilometres north of the swing bridge in Little Current.

Goulais River, Ont. - The drivers of both vehicles involved in a collision near the Havilland dump have been charged. On Sunday January 9 2005 at about 3 p.m.

Ontario Provincial Police report no major occurrences in the Sault Ste. Marie, East Algoma and Wawa areas