(LONDON, ON) - Traffic stop results in drug trafficking charge for driver.

On September 8, 2025, at 2:27 pm, a member of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on general patrol on Veterans Memorial Parkway in the City of London, performed a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle.

Investigation revealed the driver was suspended.

The driver was placed under arrest, at which time a quantity of illicit drugs, suspected to be fentanyl, was located and seized.

As a result, Tabitha COOPER, a 33-year-old of London, has been charged under the Criminal Code, Highway Traffic Act and Controlled drugs and Substances Act with:

• Personation with intent to avoid arrest, prosecution or obstruct justice (Identity fraud)
• Poss of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000 - in Canada
• Driving while under suspension
• Poss of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking-Opioid (other than heroin)

The accused was held for bail.