A Chatham man is facing several charges after around $13,000 worth of fentanyl, cocaine, meth and other illicit drugs were seized by police.
The Chatham-Kent Police Service said officers stopped a Volkswagen Tiguan SUV on Wednesday at around 1:30 p.m. and arrested the driver as part of a drug trafficking investigation. Authorities also executed a warrant and searched the vehicle, seizing a loaded .40 calibre Glock handgun, 129 grams of cocaine, six oxycodone tablets, and a digital scale.
Around 30 minutes later, officers executed another search warrant at a home on Pearl Crescent in Chatham where police seized a loaded .22 calibre revolver, eight grams of methamphetamine, 0.7 grams of fentanyl, 1.4 grams of cocaine, 15 codeine tablets, 26 clonazepam tablets, 47 tabs of lysergic acid, and numerous rounds of ammunition.
As a result, a 42-year-old Chatham man has been charged with six counts of possession of illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking He was held in custody for a bail hearing.
