The Warrant on Ogden Street Produced Four Grams; the Man Arrested Afterwards Was Carrying Twenty-Five Times That and a Loaded Gun He Was Already Barred From Having: Thunder Bay Police Charge Boiyce Niemi, Chris Morin and William Godick (September 25, 2026)
The house was the target and the house was almost empty. When Thunder Bay Police Service units went through a home in the Ogden Street area on September 23, 2026, they came out with about four grams of suspected crack cocaine and less than a gram of suspected fentanyl. The seizure that carries this file came later the same day, off a third person arrested away from the address: a loaded firearm, more than 100 grams of suspected cocaine, 27 grams of suspected fentanyl and nine hydromorphone tablets. One of the eleven counts laid against that man alleges he was already under a court order barring him from possessing a firearm at all.
Two seizures, twenty-five to one
The Thunder Bay Police Service says its Intelligence Unit began investigating suspected drug trafficking in September. On September 23 officers from the Emergency Task Unit, the Intelligence Unit and the Break, Enter and Robbery Unit searched the Ogden Street-area home. Two people were arrested there. The search itself produced roughly four grams of suspected crack cocaine, under a gram of suspected fentanyl, and other items police describe as connected to drug trafficking.
A third person was arrested the same day, and a search of that person produced the loaded firearm, more than 100 grams of suspected cocaine, 27 grams of suspected fentanyl and nine hydromorphone tablets. Police put the estimated street value of the drugs across the file at about $25,000. The reporting does not break that figure down between the two seizures, which is a gap worth naming: on the published weights, one seizure is roughly twenty-five times the size of the other.
The charge sheets
Boiyce Niemi, 40, of Thunder Bay faces eleven counts: possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking; two counts of possession of an opioid for the purpose of trafficking; possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000; carrying a concealed weapon; unauthorized possession of a weapon; unauthorized possession of a prohibited device or ammunition; possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm; knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm; and possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order.
Chris Robert Morin, 49, of Thunder Bay is charged with possession of cocaine and an opioid for the purpose of trafficking, and failure to comply with a release order.
William Godick, 46, of Thunder Bay is charged with possession of cocaine and an opioid for the purpose of trafficking.
All three were remanded into custody after their first court appearance. The reporting does not say which of the three was the person searched away from the house, though the firearm counts fall on Niemi alone.
What the reporting publishes — and what it does not
- Published: the search date of September 23, 2026; the Ogden Street area as the location of the home; the three units involved (Emergency Task Unit, Intelligence Unit, Break, Enter and Robbery Unit); two separate seizures with itemised weights; an approximate $25,000 street value; three named accused with ages and home city; a full itemised charge list for Niemi; that all three were remanded after a first appearance.
- Not published: any occurrence or file number; the civic address; the time of the search; any description of the firearm — make, type, calibre, or whether it was restricted or prohibited; what the prohibition order Niemi allegedly breached arose from; where the third person was arrested; any amount of cash; how the $25,000 figure divides between the two seizures; any court date; any named officer or quotation; whether the two people arrested at the house are Morin and Godick.
- Named organizations: none. No criminal organization, street gang or outlaw motorcycle club is named anywhere in the reporting.
Timeline
- September 2026 — date not publishedThe Thunder Bay Police Service Intelligence Unit opens an investigation into suspected drug trafficking.
- September 23, 2026 — time not publishedOfficers from the Emergency Task Unit, Intelligence Unit and Break, Enter and Robbery Unit search a home in the Ogden Street area. Approximately four grams of suspected crack cocaine, less than one gram of suspected fentanyl and other trafficking-related items are seized. Two people are arrested at the home.
- September 23, 2026 — later the same dayA third person is arrested. A search of that person produces a loaded firearm, more than 100 grams of suspected cocaine, 27 grams of suspected fentanyl and nine hydromorphone tablets.
- Date not publishedBoiyce Niemi, 40, Chris Robert Morin, 49, and William Godick, 46, all of Thunder Bay, make a first court appearance. All three are remanded into custody.
- September 25, 2026 — 12:03 p.m. EasternNetNewsLedger publishes the file under James Murray’s byline, with the full charge list. CTV News Northern Ontario carries it at 12:20 p.m.
Opened the investigation
Executed the Ogden Street-area search
Assisted on the search
Sources
- James Murray, “Three Thunder Bay men charged after police seize drugs and loaded firearm,” NetNewsLedger, September 25, 2026, 12:03 p.m. Eastern — netnewsledger.com
- “Thunder Bay police charge three men and seize $25K in drugs,” CTV News Northern Ontario, September 25, 2026, 12:20 p.m. Eastern — ctvnews.ca
No Thunder Bay Police Service news release on this file has been located; the two news reports above are the whole of the public record at time of filing, and this force’s newsroom will be re-checked on a later run so any release can be folded in. No criminal organization, street gang or outlaw motorcycle club has been named by police. None of the charges against Boiyce Niemi, Chris Robert Morin or William Godick has been tested in court, and each is presumed innocent.
