Guelph police say officers found $20,000 in fentanyl and pills on a man while paramedics treated him inside the washroom of a north end business on Monday night.
Emergency crews were called to an unnamed business at Woodlawn Road and Woolwich Street just before 11 p.m. for reports of a man in medical distress inside the washroom.
Police said while paramedics tended to the man, officers searched his belongings for identification and to determine what was causing his medical issues.
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“The search revealed five large baggies of suspected fentanyl as well as two other baggies of pills believed to be Dilaudid and Clonazepam,” police said.
In total, officers seized nearly 70 grams of suspected fentanyl and 55 pills that have a total value of about $20,000, police said.
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A 29-year-old man is charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
He was released to receive medical treatment and is expected to be rearrested and assigned a court date at a later time, police said.
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