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2 arrested after police raid drug trafficking site in east Ottawa

Ottawa police have charged a 30-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman with drug trafficking offences. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

An Ottawa man and woman are facing charges after police executed a search warrant at a home in Vanier on Tuesday and seized a “large quantity of assorted drugs,” including fentanyl.

Police said in a statement Thursday that they raided an apartment in the 200 block of Ste-Anne Avenue after investigating a tip the service received from the public in October.

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Inside, police said they found fentanyl, crack cocaine, methamphetamine pills, psilocybin and crystal meth as well as various drug paraphernalia.

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Anthony Marini, 30, and Christine Sabourin, 28, face a series of substance trafficking charges as well as possession of property obtained by crime.

Marini had a court date on Wednesday while Sabourin was released on an undertaking.

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