Four people face drug trafficking and other charges following a traffic stop in Bobcaygeon, Ont., early Wednesday.
According to City of Kawartha Lakes OPP, around 4 a.m., officers on patrol stopped a vehicle for a driving-related offence which prompted an investigation under the Liquor Licence Act.
Police determined the driver of the vehicle is currently prohibited from driving.
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A search of the vehicle and individuals led to the discovery and seizure of weapons including a stun gun, brass knuckles and pepper spray along with a quantity of drugs including fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxycodone, cocaine and alprazolam.
Three residents from Bobcaygeon — Aliza Hotchkins, 41, Preston Huges, 40, and Christopher Ferguson, 44 — along with Melissa Ferrier, 33, of Lindsay, Ont., were arrested and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited device.
Ferrier was also charged with operation of a motor vehicle while prohibited, driving a vehicle with liquor readily available and disobeying a stop sign.
The vehicle was impounded for 45 days.
All four were released and are scheduled to appear in court in Lindsay on Sept. 28, OPP said Thursday.
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