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

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.

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.

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.

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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