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2 more from Waterloo Region face charges in connection with opioid death in Huron County

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Two more people from Waterloo Region have been charged in connection with a drug overdose death that occurred in Huron County last year, according to Ontario Provincial Police.

Police say officers were sent to a home in Central Huron on Sept. 13, 2023, where they found an unresponsive 19-year-old man. He would be pronounced dead at the scene.

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It would soon be learned that the man had died from an opioid overdose.

In April, the OPP announced that a man from Kitchener had been arrested and was facing a manslaughter charge in connection to the death.

On Thursday, they announced that a 21-year-old woman from Kitchener and a 29-year-old man from Waterloo were also facing charges in connection with the death.

The Kitchener woman is facing several drug trafficking charges as well as possession of a prohibited device or ammunition.

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The man from Waterloo is facing drug trafficking charges as well.

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