Canadian twenty and ten dollar bills, a white iPhone, a baggie with a white powdery substance, a small baggie with a brown leafy substance, a document, and a spoon.
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Canadian twenty and ten dollar bills, a white iPhone, a baggie with a white powdery substance, a small baggie with a brown leafy substance, a document, and a spoon.
Bancroft
TRAFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG CHARGES
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cocaine
drug-possession
drug-trafficking
fail-to-comply-with-order
stolen-property-possess

(BANCROFT, ON) - Members of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one person with drug trafficking after a routine traffic stop.

On Friday, August 29, 2025, just after 9:00 pm, Bancroft OPP officers were conducting traffic patrol on Highway 62 in the municipality of Hastings Highlands. Officers stopped a vehicle for a driving offence and observed drugs in the vehicle and one person was arrested. As a result of a vehicle search over 80 grams of cocaine, nearly $1000 in cash, scales, and cell phones were seized.

Jody WATSON, 39, of Hastings Highlands, has been charged with:

  • Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of a schedule I substance - cocaine
  • Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
  • Fail to comply with a release order - three counts
  • Fail to comply with a probation order

The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

    Tags
cocaine
drug-possession
drug-trafficking
fail-to-comply-with-order
stolen-property-possess

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