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OPP seize drugs and cash following execution of search warrant

The Grey-Bruce OPP have laid numerous drug related charges following the execution of a search warrant.

On February 18th, Grey-Bruce OPP officers were assisted by members of the Grey-Bruce and Huron-Perth OPP Community Street Crime Units and the OPP Emergency Response Team in executing a search warrant at a residence on Victoria Street in the Municipality of Meaford. Police seized Percocet, dried Cannabis and Cannabis edibles, along with Canadian currency and drug paraphernalia as a result of the search warrant. Police have laid charges against a 52-year-old Meaford resident following the completion of the investigation.

The accused is facing charges including possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking. The accused has a court date scheduled for March 25th at the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound. The charges have yet to be proven in a court of law.

The charges against the accused are as follows:

-Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purposing in trafficking - opioid, section 5(2) Controlled Drugs and Substance Act (CDSA) -Possession for the purpose of distributing, section 9(2) Cannabis Act (CA) -Possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling, section 10(2) CA

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