Four Charged After Police Seize Hundreds of Prescription Pills

by Bobby NockSeptember 28, 2018

Four people appeared in Sydney Provincial Court today to face a combined total of 20 charges after Regional Police conducted drug raids at homes in Birch Grove and Glace Bay last night.

The raids took place on 1st Street in Birch Grove and Cottage Street in Glace Bay, and police say they seized more than 400 prescription pills, including Ritalin, Percocet, Hydromorphone, codeine, Lisdexamphetamine and Clonazepam.

They say marijuana and cash were also seized.

Those charged include 60 year-old Graham Leslie Toomey from Birch Grove, 49 year-old Tammy Wanda Gale from Glace Bay and 62 year-old George Derrick MacNeil from Glace Bay.

They’re all facing five counts of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and single counts of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.

MacNeil is also charged with breaching a court order.

Also charged in the case is 60 year-old Joseph Alexander Neary, from Birch Grove, who’s facing a count of Possession of Marihuana.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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