Guelph police say a 22-year-old man is facing several charges after he was found sleeping in a stolen minivan on Saturday night.
Officers were called to a business on Scottsdale Drive at around 10:30 p.m. where the man was asleep at the wheel.
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Matthew Hanson was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property.
Police said they searched the van and found a switchblade, a baton, bear spray, brass knuckles along with substances believed to be marijuana, fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine and LSD.
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Combined the drugs have a street value of about $8,220, police say.
Police also charged Hanson with breaching his probation, possession of prohibited weapons, possession of a controlled substance and trafficking.
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