Chatham man facing probation charges after drugs, knife found in vehicle

Chatham-Kent Police Service officials allege: A 36-year-old Chatham man is facing charges after Chatham-Kent police found suspected crystal methamphetamine and a knife in his vehicle.

Officers responded to a report of a man sleeping in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at a business on Richmond Street in Chatham at approximately 6:06 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police located the man and learned he was bound by a probation order that included a condition requiring him to comply with a search of any motor vehicle he was operating.

A search of the vehicle turned up suspected crystal methamphetamine and a knife. Possession of the items violated the conditions of his probation order.

The man was arrested and charged with two counts of failing to comply with a probation order.

He was transported to Chatham-Kent Police headquarters and held pending a bail hearing.

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