Thursday, March 10, 2011

Drug Bust On the By-Pass

The OPP say they have seized over 18 thousand dollars worth of cocaine during a routine traffic stop on the Kenora By-Pass.

Police stopped a vehicle for speeding around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.

The driver did not have a valid license and officers decided to search the vehicle.

About six ounces of cocaine and over 13 hundred dollars in cash were found in the car.

The driver 35 year old Jeffery Coleman of Sault Ste. Marie and  the passenger 30 year old Russell Lidstone of Calgary have been charged with trafficking in a narcotic as well as possession of property obtained by crime.

They made their first court appearance yesterday.