Police

Five people were arrested on April 29, when the Joint Forces Drug Unit, which consists of members of the OPP Drug Enforcement Section and the Greater Sudbury Police Service, executed a search warrant in a Bancroft Drive residence.

The Sudbury and Espanola OPP detachments have had an increase in collisions involving wildlife and are reminding drivers that May and June are peak times for these types of crashes.

Greater Sudbury Police officers responded to a complaint on Wednesday night at the Super Mall in New Sudbury, of two males in possession of a gun. A store employee observed one of the males had a hand gun in his pants.

Manitoulin OPP officers will be on the lookout for ATVs on Manitoulin roads and highways. Complaints of young people driving ATVs on the island's roads have been numerous.

On April 29, the Greater Sudbury Police Service announced 19 individuals have been charged with drug trafficking offences, following a three-month undercover street sweep by the OPP Drug Enforcement Section and the Greater Sudbury Police Service.

BY LAUREL MYERS The infant that was snatched from Sudbury Regional Hospital last November was done so out of desperation, a forensic psychiatrist testified Tuesday at a sentencing hearing for the woman charged with the abduction.

Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating Joseph Aaron Piccinetti, who is wanted by the Greater Sudbury Police Service.

Police were called to the area of Northern Youths Services on Bancroft Drive, after two youths who were in custody, escaped from the facility Tuesday night.

In conjunction with the Greater Sudbury Police Road Safety Initiative, traffic enforcement will be stepped up at the following intersections: - Notre Dame Avenue and Lasalle Boulevard - Ramsey Lake Road and Paris Street - Paris Street and Brady Stree

The Greater Sudbury Police Service responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a train at the CP yard on Elgin Street on April 30 at approximately 1:30 a.m.