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Drugs seized, 4 arrested at gunpoint in Peterborough: police

Peterborough police arrested four people in a vehicle at gunpoint on July 14. Officers located a quantity of cocaine. Peterborough Police Service

Four people were arrested at gunpoint and drugs were seized following an incident in Peterborough, Ont., on Sunday evening.

The Peterborough Police Service says officers around 6:10 p.m. responded to a report of suspicious activity involving four people in a vehicle in the area of Downie Street and Chesterfield Avenue.

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The suspect vehicle was just leaving the area when officers arrived, police said.

Officers conducted a traffic stop at nearby Parkhill Road West. Police say based on the information received, officers conducted a high-risk arrest at gunpoint of four people.

A search led to the seizure of 8.1 grams of cocaine, 1.2 grams of an unknown substance and drug paraphernalia.

Two Peterborough women, ages 27 and 30, a Peterborough man, 37, and an Ennismore, Ont., man, 33, were each charged with possession of a Schedule I substance (cocaine).

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All four were later released on undertakings and are scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Aug. 27.

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