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OPP arrest wanted woman in Hamilton following Canada-wide search
Ontario Provincial Police arrested a woman Tuesday in Hamilton, who broke the conditions of her statutory release on Oct. 1, and went unlawfully at large.
Officers arrested 56-year-old Heather Bell, an Indigenous woman, who was known to frequent the Cities of Hamilton, Guelph, Kingston and Peterborough.
Investigators released a country-wide warrant for her arrest earlier Tuesday, before announcing her arrest just before 9 p.m.
Detectives say Bell is serving a sentence of four years, 11 months and eight days for:
- Three counts of possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Failure of comply with orders at large
- Possession of a weapon while knowingly unauthorized
- Possession of a weapon contrary to a probation order
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