OPP’s East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) seized illegal drugs and weapons in Napanee on Thursday.
The Street Crime Unit, including members from the Lennox & Addington, Frontenac and Prince Edward County Detachments, assisted by the OPP East Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), executed a search warrant at an apartment on Angila Street.
Police seized a quantity of suspected methamphetamine and cocaine, along with a loaded 32-calibre handgun, a conducted energy weapon and materials associated with drug trafficking.
A 27-year-old man of Greater Napanee has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, possession of a prohibited device or ammunition, careless storage of a firearm, weapon or ammunition and possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking.
The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Napanee on July 28.