Police seize fentanyl, suspected cocaine in Kitchener
Posted Jun 25, 2022 11:00:00 AM.
Regional police have seized suspected drugs following a traffic stop in Kitchener on Friday afternoon.
According to the service, that stop was conducted at approximately 12:20 p.m. by the Direct Action Response Team, as officers on proactive patrol stopped a vehicle on Homer Watson Boulevard near Highway 401.
As a result of that traffic stop, police seized roughly 55 grams of suspected cocaine, approximately nine grams of fentanyl and 33 suspected Oxycontin pills.
The 20-year-old male driver and 19-year-old male passenger, both from Kitchener, have been arrested and jointly charged with drug-related charges including:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – oxycodone
The involved 19-year-old has also been charged with breach of probation.
