Six people are now facing drug charges following a joint drug bust in Owen Sound.
Owen Sound Police Services and the OPP started a targeted investigation related to suspected drug trafficking activities in the City of Owen Sound and Grey and Bruce Counties.
The operation involved members of the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine Unit, Owen Sound Police Service Criminal Investigations Branch, West Region Intelligence, and Community Street Crime Units from Huron Perth, Wellington, and Grey Bruce.
Police seized almost $100,000 worth of drugs, including 469 grams of cocaine, 43 grams of crack cocaine, 85 grams of fentanyl, 331 oxycodone pills, and 13 grams of ecstasy (MDMA), as well as $13,500 in cash and various assets, including cell phones, tablets, a computer, packaging equipment, a currency counter, digital scales, and a loaded 9mm handgun.
– A 20 year old male from Hamilton, has been charged with:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Fentanyl
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Methamphetamine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Oxycodone
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm with ammunition
- Possession of property obtained by crime (cash)
– A 45 year old female from Owen Sound, has been charged with:
- Possession of a controlled substance – Cocaine
– A 46 year old male from Owen Sound, has been charged with:
- Failure to comply with a release order (two counts)
– A 64 year old male from Owen Sound, has been charged with:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Oxycodone
– A 59 year old female from Owen Sound, has been charged with:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Oxycodone
– A 49 year old female from Owen Sound, has been charged with:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking – Oxycodone
OSPS says in a media release that the seizure of 85 grams of fentanyl is particularly significant. Fentanyl is typically sold in 0.1-gram increments, meaning this seizure equates to approximately 850 individual doses — and potentially 850 overdoses prevented.
