Six people are facing charges after police executed a search warrant in Trenton last week.
Quinte West OPP report five people from Quinte West and one person from Brampton were arrested and charged following the search at a West Street home last Friday morning.
The OPP Community Street Crime Units of Quinte West and Central Hastings, assisted by the OPP Emergency Response Team and OPP Canine Unit, were all involved in the search and a suspected cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, along with cash and drug paraphernalia were seized.
Opal Bird, 43, Ashley Fletcher, 30, Michael Fowler, 37, Brock Podrats, 34, Taylor Whiting, 30, all from Quinte West along with Jomone Walker, 26, from Brampton have been charged with the following offences:
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – fentanyl;
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine; and
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
Additionally, Fowler, Podrats, Whiting and Walker were each charged with failing to comply with probation orders.
Bird and Walker were held for bail and were scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on February 5, 2022. The remainder of the accused were released on undertakings and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on March 7, 2022.
