News & Events

(Brunswick House First Nation) – The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has laid a series of charges connected to an ongoing investigation of historic child abuse. Members of the NAPS Northeast Crime Unit began an investigation into allegations of child abuse in May of 2025. The abuse allegations relate to a series of incidents that occurred […]

Members of the Survivor Assistance Support Program (SASP) and the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service assembled care packages for the SASP Holliday Hamper initiative today. Each package will be paired with a turkey and distributed to some of the community we serve. This year, a total of 90 hampers will be distributed to: Attawapiskat First Nation, […]

(Fort Albany First Nation) – Police seized Oxycodone and Methamphetamine, and arrested four suspects, following the search of a Fort Albany First Nation home Wednesday. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the NAPS Emergency Response Team and K9 Unit, executed a search warrant at a residential address on Main […]

(Fort Albany, ON) – Police arrested two suspects, and seized a quantity of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Crystal Methamphetamine following the search of a Fort Albany First Nation home Tuesday. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the NAPS Emergency Response Team, K9 Unit, and frontline members working out of the […]

(Cochrane, ON) – Police arrested two suspects connected to an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking activity into northern communities. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, with support from members of the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit and members of the Cochrane OPP detachment, located and arrested two suspects in Cochrane, Ont., in […]

(Attawapiskat First Nation) – Police seized more than $110,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and methamphetamine pills after responding to a disturbance at the community airport in Attawapiskat First Nation Tuesday, Nov. 18. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service working out of the Attawapiskat First Nation detachment responded to a call for service in the […]

(Sandy Lake First Nation) – The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service is investigating the circumstances surrounding a sudden death in the community of Sandy Lake First Nation. The death of an adult male occurred in the morning hours of Friday, Nov. 21. Frontline members of the NAPS Sandy Lake First Nation detachment and members of the […]

(Constance Lake First Nation) – Police arrested two suspects and seized $71,000 worth of drugs following the search of a Constance Lake First Nation home Tuesday. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the NAPS Emergency Response Team, the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, and NAPS members working out of […]

(Apitipi Anicinapek Nation) – Police seized a quantity of fentanyl while investigating an incident of suspected impaired driving Friday. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service working out of the Apitipi Anicinapek Nation detachment received a call for service on Friday, Nov. 14, about a male sleeping in a vehicle parked at the community band […]

(Chapleau, ON) – Two people face charges after police located cocaine and codeine from a home in Chapleau, Ont., Wednesday afternoon. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, with assistance from the NAPS Emergency Response Team, OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, and frontline NAPS and OPP officers, executed a search warrant at a […]