DRYDEN – Three people have been arrested and charged with drug crimes after an investigation into trafficking in Dryden.
Ontario Provincial Police on Thursday announced a search warrant was executed on Feb. 26 at an Arthur Street residence, where the seized suspected fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone, along with a prohibited firearm and more than $10,000 in Canadian currency.
A 40-year-old female and a 33-year-old male from Dryden and an 18-year-old from York, have been charged with:
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - fentanyl
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - cocaine
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - methamphetamine
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - oxycodone
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5000
- Possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose
All three accused were remanded into custody and will appear in court again on March 3.
It is Newswatch policy not to name suspects in cases in which it is unlikely we will follow the case through to its conclusion in court.
