Timmins Police Seize Loaded Handgun and Drugs; 2 Residents Charged

Two Timmins residents have been charged after police seized a loaded handgun, drugs and cash during a search of a Preston Street residence on November 4, 2026, Timmins police said.

The search followed a joint investigation by the Timmins Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit and the Ontario Provincial Police Northeast Region Community Street Crime Unit. Police said the investigation began in October and identified the residence as a place where illicit drugs were allegedly being sold.

On the morning of November 4, the joint investigative team executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at the residence, with the Timmins police emergency response team and remotely piloted aircraft personnel, according to police.

Items seized

Police said the search yielded a loaded 9-mm handgun, more than $9,000 in Canadian currency, 850 methamphetamine tablets, 14 MDMA tablets and another 45 grams of MDMA. Officers also seized 310 grams of fentanyl, 54 grams of cocaine, 164 Percocet tablets and 250 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

Charges laid

Nathan Homer, 38, and Rebecca Homer, 34, both of Timmins, have been jointly charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, oxycodone and MDMA, police said.

They also face charges involving unauthorized possession of a firearm and a weapon, knowledge of unauthorized firearm possession, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, possession of a prohibited device or ammunition, careless storage, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Both are also charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, according to police.