Million-dollar drug bust by Hamilton police

Hamilton police have made a million-dollar drug bust.

Officers were conducting surveillance on Friday at an apartment complex believed to be used to traffic drugs on the Mountain when they witnessed a 34-year-old man placing two bags in the trunk of a car.

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Police say the suspect was arrested and the bags were revealed to contain a large quantity of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and purple heroin, as well as over 3,000 pills.

Hamilton police also executed a warrant on an apartment within the complex, where investigators found a cocaine press, blenders, scales and two large safes, one of which contained drugs.

The accused is facing several charges.

In total, police estimate the street value of the drugs to be around $1,358,000.

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