UPDATE: ACCUSED DRUG DEALER FAILS TO MAKE BAIL DAY AFTER SECOND CHARGE IN SIX DAYS
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
GRAVENHURST — The man charged twice in a week for drug-trafficking remains in police custody.
After a bail hearing yesterday Shane Ketelaar was held in custody, police say.
The Gravenhurst resident was arrested, charged and released on Friday December 1 and then arrested again with new charges on Wednesday December 6 when he was first held for bail.
He appeared in court Thursday for a bail hearing, where police brought all of the charges together and Ketelaar was held in custody, Const. Sam Bigley told MuskokaTODAY.com last night.
His custody follows two arrests within six days.
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GRAVENHURST — A man charged twice in a week with drug-trafficking was in court this morning facing a bail hearing.
Shane Ketelaar, of Gravenhurst, was arrested yesterday and held overnight.
He was previously arrested last Friday on similar charges.
Police say today the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and local detachment officers charged Ketelaar as part of an on-going drug investigation.
On December 1 Ketelaar was arrested and charged with several offences related to drug trafficking after an early morning investigation.
The Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit continued their investigation into local drug trafficking and on December 6 again arrested and charged the 35-year-old man with:
- Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) for the Purpose of Trafficking CDSA 5(2)
- Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Opioid) CDSA 4(2)
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime CC 354(1)(a)
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order CC 733.1(1)
Ketelaar was in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge December 7, 2024, to answer to his charges.
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