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Fentanyl pills seized by NS RCMP in latest sign of drug emerging on streets

FILE: Fentanyl is seen in pill-form in this undated file photo from police in Alberta. There are more signs of the potentially deadly drug fentanyl on the streets of Nova Scotia. Alberta Law Enforcement Response / File

There are more signs of the potentially deadly drug fentanyl on the streets of Nova Scotia.

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The Mounties say in a news release that they arrested two men and charged them with trafficking the opioid on Sunday in Chester, on the province’s south shore.

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The release says investigators stopped the two men and searched them, and discovered significant quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine and fentanyl pills in their possession.

Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Kevin Glavine of Conquerall Bank and 52-year-old Calvin Stephen Bowles of Bridgewater have both been charged with possession for the purposes of trafficking.

Both men appeared in Bridgewater provincial court on Monday, with Glavine pleading guilty.

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Bowles was scheduled to return to court today.

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