OVER 160 GRAMS OF COCAINE SEIZED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – M’Chigeeng, ON, June 27, 2025

UCCM Anishnaabe Police received information of individuals trafficking controlled substances in the community of M’Chigeeng.  A search warrant was obtained for the residence of 40 Johnny’s Park Dr., M’Chigeeng First Nation.

The search revealed the following:

  • 163 g Cocaine
  • 18 g Crack
  • 66 g Fentanyl

Totaling an estimated street value of $45,234

UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service’s Crime Unit, Canine Unit, and Front-Line Officers alongside the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) TRU, ERT, Community Street Crime Unit, and Front-Line Officers executed the warrant and arrested five individuals inside the residence without incident.

Tasin RAHMAN (26) of North York, Anawahs MIGWANS (23) of M’Chigeeng, Abigail TAIBOSSAGAI (28) of Little Current, Skii BEBONING (30) of M’Chigeeng, and Bailey LAFORD (20) of Sudbury, are all facing charges.

All five above mentioned parties have been charged with:

  • Possession of schedule I Substance cocaine for the purpose of trafficking 5(2) CDSA
  • Possession of schedule I Substance fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking 5(2) CDSA

Tasin RAHMAN faces the additional charge:

  • Possession of property obtained by crime 354(1)(a) CCC

Anawahs MIGWANS faces the additional charge:

  • Failure to comply with release order 145(5)(a) CCC

Bailey LAFORD faces the additional charge:

  • Fail to comply with Probation Order 733.1(1) CCC

James Killeen
Chief of Police

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Community safety is a collaborative effort with our communities. UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service would like to remind the public that we need to work together to ensure the safety, protection and overall health and wellness of our communities. We need your help, your information, and your assistance to affect change. Drug trafficking invites residual and lateral violence into your communities, such as home invasions, serious assaults, and homicides, and leads to the erosion of our communities through addiction, homelessness, and overdose deaths. We need to speak directly with the people who have the information that we require to ensure the safety and protection of our communities. Remember information is best protected and utilized when the Police can receive the information firsthand.

The UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service, OPP Community Street Crime Unit and Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service remain committed to working collaboratively and will continue to focus its efforts on major crime operations that pose a direct and elevated threat to the safety, security, and wellness of our communities. This combined Integrated Street Crime Unit is a Joint Force Operation and aims to identify and disrupt organized crime on Manitoulin Island through innovative technology, collaborative partnerships and traditional Police work resulting in the arrests of those involved, holding them accountable for their criminal activities and the seizure of illegal drugs, prohibited firearms and proceeds of crime.

If anyone has further information regarding any criminal activity, drug trafficking and/or organized crime, please contact UCCM Police at 705-377-7135 or Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers at 705-222- TIPS (8477) or 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit an online tip at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com Together we can make a difference.