NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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A resident of The Blue Mountains remains in custody and is facing drug trafficking and possession charges following an arrest late last week by police.
On Thursday, June 2, at approximately 1:25 p.m., members of the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crimes Unit were on Sykes Street in Meaford when they observed an offender wanted on several outstanding warrants. Police were able to intercept the accused while he was walking and he was arrested and taken into custody.
A search incident to arrest revealed the accused to be in possession of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine with a combined estimated street value of just over $3,000.
The accused remains in custody with a court appearance scheduled for June 15 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound.
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