Various drugs, drug paraphernalia, and cash seized by OPP, February 7, 2024. Photo provided by Norfolk OPP. Various drugs, drug paraphernalia, and cash seized by OPP, February 7, 2024. Photo provided by Norfolk OPP.
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Drug trafficking charges laid after fentanyl, cocaine found in vehicle

A 26-year-old Norfolk man is facing nearly a dozen drug trafficking charges after police found fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine inside a vehicle in Simcoe.

Officers with the Norfolk and Haldimand OPP community street crime unit stopped the vehicle on Norfolk Street just after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. A search of the vehicle turned up an undisclosed quantity of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA), and methamphetamine, as well as drug paraphernalia, weapons, and cash, police said.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was arrested.

The 26-year-old man is charged with 10 offences including possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a dangerous weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order.

The man is scheduled to appear in a Simcoe court in relation to the charges.

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