Five Southwestern Ontario residents face drug and weapons charges after a months-long regional investigation this week, police say.
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OPP street crime unit officers from across the region, organized crime bureau and tactics and rescue unit members, and London and Woodstock police officers took part, police said.
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Officers with warrants searched five properties — in Wallaceburg, London, Middlesex County, Tillsonburg and Woodstock — and three vehicles Tuesday about 9:15 am, the OPP said in a release late Thursday afternoon.
Investigators seized an estimated $194,000 in suspected fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and psilocybin, plus a shotgun, ammunition, knives, stun gun, laptops, cellphones, drug trafficking paraphernalia and cash, police said.
Five people are charged:
- A Tillsonburg man, 44, faces one count of possessing drugs for trafficking.
- A Woodstock woman, 38, and man, 41, each face two counts of possessing drugs for trafficking.
- A London man, 39, faces three counts of possessing drugs for trafficking.
- A Londoner, 39, faces three counts of possessing drugs for trafficking, possessing a prohibited device or ammunition, possessing a firearm or ammunition while prohibited and failing to comply with a release order.
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