KENORA — Two Kenora residents are facing drug-trafficking related charges following a traffic stop.
Police conducted the stop around 4 p.m. on Jan. 2 in the area of Houghton Road. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 83.5 eight-milligram hydromorphone pills and other drug-trafficking evidence.
The Kenora OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau and local OPP detachment led the investigation.
As a result of the investigation, a 72-year-old Kenora resident was arrested and faces two charges related to opioid trafficking, as well as one charge of driving with cannabis readily available and multiple failures to comply with a release order.
The individual remains in custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora on Friday.
A 34-year-old individual has also been arrested and charged with possession of an opioid for the purpose of trafficking.
The second individual was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora later this month.
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