Nearly $300,000 worth of drugs seized by London police
Nearly $300,000 worth of drugs has been seized by London police.
According to a release, members of the Guns and Gangs Section as well as the Emergency Response and Canine Units entered three homes in the city on April 14 — the addresses were on Chelton Road, Gramercy Park Place, and Langmuir Avenue.
The following items were seized:
- 2406 grams of crystal methamphetamine, value $192,480
- 580 grams of cocaine, value $58,000
- 56 grams of fentanyl, value $14,000
- 16 grams of crack cocaine, value $1,280
- 176 dilaudid 8mg pills, value $2640
- 67 hydromorphine pills, value $1,005
- 3 oxycodone pills, value $142
- 8 hydromorphone 3mg pills, value $120
- 11 hydromorphone 12mg pills, value $165
- 2 hydromorphone 2mg pills, value $30
- 1308 grams of cutting agent
- digital scale
- brass knuckles
A 48 year old, 44 year old, 33 year old and 32 year old, all from London, Ont., have been jointly charged with four counts of possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking (fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and hydromorphone) and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon.
Two other people form London, a 43 year old and a 41 year old, are jointly charged with three counts of possession a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking (methamphetamine, cocaine, and hydromorphone).
All of the accused are scheduled to appear in London court at a later date in relation to the charges.
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