Drug Bust on Northern Reserve

A Lansdowne House First Nations woman faces charges following a drug bust on the remote reserve northeast of Pickle Lake.

Nishnawbe-Aski Police searched a home on Wednesday and officers seized 600-dollars worth of oxycodone and 41-hundred dollars cash.

Police also found debt lists, pill cutters and false-bottom containers.

39-year-old Rebecca Sakanee faces counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking.