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2 arrested after drugs, knives seized from Port Hope residence: police

Drugs and prohibited knives were seized from a Port Hope residence on Monday. Two people were arrested. Cobourg Police Service

Two Port Hope, Ont., residents face drug and weapons charges following a joint police investigation.

Cobourg Police Service and Port Hope Police Service on Monday executed a search warrant at a residence on Dorset Street in Port Hope.

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Investigators seized:

  • 10.5 grams of fentanyl
  • 22.9 grams  of powdered cocaine
  • 1 gram of crack cocaine
  • 2 grams of crystal methamphetamine
  • $12,200 cash
  • Four prohibited knives.
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The estimated street value of the seized drugs was $7,000.

Shauna Marie Wilson, 32, and Darryl Edward Thorne, 42, both of Port Hope, were arrested and charged with six counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking (fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine) and three counts of possession of a prohibited weapon.

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Wilson was also charged with possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000.

Both were held in custody and are scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg on Tuesday.

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