Broadcast time: 10:31 a.m.
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Date: October 2, 2015
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The Sarnia Police Service had a busier than normal day on Thursday October 1, 2015 with officers handling 106 calls for service. Officers also arrested 11 persons for various criminal offences. The majority of the arrests were related to drugs, breach of bail and failure to comply with probation conditions.
Just before noon officers arrested a 32 year old female on an outstanding breach of probation warrant. During a search officers located approximately three and a half grams of crystal methamphetamine and 225 units of Hydromorphone. The combined street value of the drugs is estimated to be $575.00.She is being held pending a bail hearing and faces charges including 2 counts possession of a controlled substance and three counts of breach of probation.
Around midnight officers stopped a 30 year old man for driving offences and discovered he was a suspended driver. The man was arrested and when officers searched him they located just over eight grams of crystal methamphetamine and a small amount of marihuana. The street value is estimated to be just over $800.00. The man is being held for a bail hearing and faces charges including possession of a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Just before 8:00p.m. Vice officers executed a search warrant in the 400 block of Devine Street and arrested two men aged 32 and 34 years. Police seized 331 gram of marihuana and evidence of trafficking. Also located was a shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle, a 30.30 caliber rifle, ammunition , a prohibited knife and approximately $2300.00 cash. The drugs had an estimated street value of $3310.00.
The 34 year old man is being held for a bail hearing and faces charges including possession for the purpose of trafficking, ten counts of possession of a weapon while prohibited, possession of a prohibited weapon, and careless storage of a firearm.
The 32 year old man is also being held for a bail hearing and faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a firearm and careless storage of a firearm.
Constable Les Jones
Media Relations Officer
Tel: 519-344-8861 Ext 5345
Email: ljones@police.sarnia.on.ca