Seven people face drug trafficking charges after a bust in Chatham on Tuesday.
Chatham-Kent Police Service officials say on October 31 at 6:30 a.m. members of the Chatham-Kent Police Service Intelligence Section, assisted by the Critical Incident Response Team, executed a warrant at a Thames Street address in Chatham.
Police say upon entry into the residence, five men (18, 18, 21, 28 and 49-years-old) and two women (25 and 47-years-old) were located.
A systematic search of the residence resulted in over $15,000 in illicit drugs which were seized, along with scales, packaging, debt lists and surveillance systems, police allege.
All seven individuals were charged with the following offences:
– Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Fentanyl (Powder)
– Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Methamphetamine
– Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Cocaine
– Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking: Cannabis Marijuana
– Possession of a Controlled Substance: Oxycodone
– Possession of a Controlled Substance: Hydromorphone
Further investigation revealed that three of the seven individuals had been released from courts on other charges with conditions that they were allegedly failing to comply with.
Therefore, those three individuals were each additionally charged with six counts of failing to comply, police say.
They were transported to Chatham-Kent Police Service Headquarters where two of the individuals were released with a court date of November 7, 2017.
The other five have been held in custody for a bail hearing.
