Illegal drugs, items seized after searches of Grey-Bruce properties – Owen Sound Sun Times

Illegal drugs and property estimated to be worth more than $122,000 was seized in searches of properties in Grey and Bruce counties including Owen Sound, as well as in Barrie, on Thursday.

A 60-year-old Barrie resident was charged in relation to the searches conducted by various branches of the OPP, Owen Sound police and Barrie police.

As a result police seized a quantity of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and oxycodone with an estimated value of close to $82,000.

Police also seized offence-related property including digital scales, cellphones, drug trafficking paraphernalia, both Canadian and non-Canadian currency, three vehicles, and two .22-calibre rifles estimated to be worth more than $40,000.

The accused was charged with charges of possessing fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of storing a firearm or a restricted weapon, two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts of possessing a firearm or ammunition while prohibited and four counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

The accused was to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound to answer to the charges.

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