Drug trafficking charges have been laid after OPP seized illegal drugs and vehicles in communities along the St. Lawrence River.
Search warrants were executed Thursday at locations in Prescott, Augusta Township, Brockville and at a campsite on the Long Sault Parkway in Long Sault, after an investigation started this spring into trafficking of cocaine to drug dealers.
Several OPP specialty teams including east region tactics, a canine unit and officers from the Leeds, Grenville and Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry detachments contributed.
More than 240 grams of suspected cocaine, more than a dozen hydromorphone pills and a quantity of ecstasy pills were seized, along with $30,000 cash.
Officers recovered a stolen 2022 dirt bike and seized two other vehicles. They also seized a bullet proof vest, a 22-calibre rifle, a variety of ammunition and a set of brass knuckles.
Two residents of Prescott, ages 27, 28, face charges that include possession for the purpose of trafficking.
A third Prescott resident, age 31, is charged with breach of probation and breach of order prohibiting the keeping of animals.
An Augusta Township resident faces charges that include unauthorized possession of a firearm while a Brockville resident faces charges that include two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.
