Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) have seized illegal drugs from a vehicle and home in Alfred & Plantagenet Township.

On October 13, 2020, CSCU officers, along with members OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), conducted a traffic stop on County Road 17 in Alfred. One person was arrested and officers then executed a search warrant at an apartment on County Road-17.

Officers seized nearly 350 suspected methamphetamine pills, more than 100 grams of illicit cannabis, as items and equipment typically associated with drug trafficking.

A 41 year-old woman from Alfred and Plantagenet Township has been charged with:

  • Possession of property obtained by crime – Criminal Code sec. 355(b)
  • Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking – Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) sec. 5(2)
  • Possession of illicit cannabis – Cannabis Act (CA) sec. 8(1)(b)
  • Possessing cannabis for the purpose of selling – CA sec. 10(2)

The accused has been released and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in L’Orignal on December 9, 2020.