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Thunder Bay Police cruiser with Automated License Plate Reader camera system. (Staff Photo)
Thunder Bay police lay drug trafficking charges against two men and a woman.
The arrest came after an officer spotted a motorist smoking apparent crack cocaine while in the driver’s seat of their vehicle May 28 on Frankwood Avenue.
A subsequent raid of the vehicle uncovered suspected fentanyl, suspected Oxycodone pills, suspected crack cocaine, cash, and a canister of pepper spray.
The charges include:
Possession of Oxycodone for the Purpose of Trafficking
Possession of Fentanyl for the Purpose of Trafficking
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
Three people were arrested on drug-trafficking charges after an officer spotted a motorist smoking apparent crack cocaine while in the driver s seat of their vehicle Friday.
The officer with the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Uniform Patrol Branch was on general patrol in the area of the 300 block of Frankwood Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28 when they observed a male in a motor vehicle smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine.
Upon further investigation the officer learned the motorist and two passengers were in possession of a quantity of suspected fentanyl, a quantity of suspected Oxycodone pills, a quantity of suspected crack cocaine, a quantity of cash, and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.