Twin busts on Six Nations net cocaine, oxycodone
Friday was a busy day for drug enforcement on Six Nations.
Officers spotted two people allegedly dealing drugs from a car parked by the Six Nations Parks and Recreation Department office on Fourth Line in Ohsweken while children played nearby.
At this time, elementary schoolchildren, parents and staff were having outdoor festivities by the running track," Six Nations Police said in a media release.
Officers recognized the car and its occupants from a drug-trafficking investigation last month and promptly blocked in the suspect car and another vehicle, making three arrests.
A search of the vehicle and two residences netted what police described as a large quantity" of cocaine, as well as drug packaging, digital scales, cash, cellphones and a large knife.
Police charged two Ohsweken men, aged 22 and 24, with trafficking and possessing cocaine and proceeds of crime under $5,000. The car was seized and the two accused were held for a bail hearing.
The third man arrested in the parking lot, a 37-year-old from Ohsweken, was charged with cocaine possession and released.
Cocaine, oxycodone seized
Also on Friday, officers pulled up to a house on Fourth Line to execute several drug-related search warrants. Before they made it to the door, they found a man leaving the residence who was allegedly in possession of cocaine.
Officers arrested a woman inside the house. A search of the property and nearby vehicles unearthed 50 small baggies of cocaine, a large bottle of oxycodone pills, cash, a digital scale and drug packaging material.
Six Nations Police charged a 65-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man, both of Ohsweken, with possessing cocaine and oxycodone for the purposes of trafficking, and proceeds of crime over $5,000.
The woman is also charged with trafficking cocaine.
The 37-year-old Ohsweken man arrested while leaving the house was charged with cocaine possession.
J.P. Antonacci's reporting on Haldimand and Norfolk is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative. jpantonacci@thespec.com