OPP name 2 charged after Belle River cocaine search
OPP have named the 2 Belle River residents charged after an Oct. 22 drug search: Sarah Ball, 47, and Damien Malott, 31. Each faces a cocaine trafficking charge. Court dates are Dec. 1 and Dec. 3 in Windsor. The charges have not been proven in court.
Topics: Public safety
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Ontario Provincial Police have named the two Belle River residents charged after officers searched two Belle River locations on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Sarah Ball, 47, and Damien Malott, 31, are each charged with possession of a Schedule 1 substance, cocaine, for the purpose of trafficking under section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, OPP Const. Christopher Ciliska told Windsor News in an email on Oct. 24.
What police say happened
In a release posted Oct. 23, the OPP said members of the Essex County OPP Community Street Crime Unit, the Lambton OPP Street Crime Unit, the OPP K9 Unit and the OPP Emergency Response Team executed two search warrants in Belle River, in the Municipality of Lakeshore.
Two people were arrested. Police say officers seized suspected cocaine, other suspected drugs and drug trafficking paraphernalia, with a total estimated value of more than $6,000.
Court dates
Ciliska said Ball is due in the Ontario Court of Justice in Windsor on Dec. 1, 2026, and Malott on Dec. 3, 2026. Appearances can also be made online.
Ciliska said the case has no connection to the separate Biker Enforcement Unit investigation in Belle River announced on Oct. 20.
Anyone with information can call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To stay anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or visit ontariocrimestoppers.ca.
