A late night drug bust has turned up millions of dollars worth of drugs.
Officials with the Chatham-Kent Police Service say they executed a search warrant at a Chatham apartment yesterday evening.
“Cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, cannabis marihuana, hydromorphone, GHB, ecstasy, morphine and fentanyl with a total street value of over $2.6M was seized. An electronic digital scale, packaging materials, $52,000 in Canadian currency along with a 9mm hand gun and ammunition was also seized,” a recent press release states.
A 35-year-old Chatham man has been charged with the following offences:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – cocaine
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – methamphetamine
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – cannabis marihuana
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Heroin
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Hydromorphone
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Morphine
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Ecstasy
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – GHB
- Possession Of A Firearm Contrary to a Prohibition Order
- Possession Of A Firearm Contrary to a Prohibition Order
- Possession Of A Firearm Contrary to a Prohibition Order
- Possession Of A Firearm Contrary to a Prohibition Order
- Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon
- Unsafe Storage
- Possession of a Prohibited Weapon knowing it’s Possession is Unauthorized
- Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
- Tampering with a Serial Number
In a statement from Chief Gary Conn,
Firstly, I wish to commend all of our officers who worked on this project. This was both a lengthy and tedious investigation requiring the use of many resources. I have been saying for some time now that a lot of our property crime, especially break and enters are tied back to drugs, as there is a direct correlation between these offences.
Our Service is committed to mitigating and fighting against the sale and consumption of illicit drugs within our community. The execution of this search warrant and eventual seizure of these controlled substances with a street value of $2,669,290.00 is proof of that commitment. This bust is the largest in Chatham-Kent history, which has resulted in an arrest and 18 drug and weapon related offences.
Habitually, it is just a few drug traffickers who are the main source of bringing drugs into our community. Thankfully today, one of those few has been arrested and more importantly all of these drugs, including a handgun have been removed from our streets. That being said, our efforts will continue to combat these types of offences.