Report of suspicious vehicle leads to several arrests in Hanover

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A report of a suspicious vehicle led to arrests and drug charges for three individuals in Hanover Wednesday evening.

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Hanover Police said officers responded to a suspicious person and vehicle report in a rear parking lot near the intersection of 10th Street and 17th Avenue at approximately 7:20 p.m.

Upon arrival, Hanover officers located a wanted female in a vehicle and two other male suspects in another vehicle at the scene. Police determined one of the males was wearing a GPS ankle monitor and serving a custodial sentence in the community for several criminal offences.

Hanover officers requested additional uniform support and received assistance at the scene from members of the Ontario Provincial Police and the West Grey Police Service to secure the area and the suspects.

A 34-year-old female from Hanover was found in possession of carelessly stored ammunition, and government identity documents (Ontario Drivers Licences) belonging to two other females, police said.

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A 30-year-old male from West Grey and a 32-year-old male of no fixed address were found in possession of fentanyl with a street value of $25,500, cocaine with a street value of $14,000, methamphetamine with a street value of $10,000, heroin with a street value of $3,000 along with psilocybin (street term – magic mushrooms), dried cannabis, and suspected GHB (street term – date rape drug), police said.

Officers also said they seized $1,000 in Canadian currency, a loaded BB gun that resembled a handgun, counterfeit currency and other evidence consistent with drug trafficking.

Hanover officers said they also seized a 2017 Ford Mustang GT as offence-related property and will be making an application for its forfeiture through the courts.

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The female suspect currently faces charges of theft under $5000, careless storage of ammunition, two charges of failure to comply with a release order and two charges of possession of identity documents.

The 30-year-old male from West Grey currently faces charges of possession for the purposes of trafficking, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order and possession of property obtained by crime with further charges forthcoming.

The 32-year-old male of No Fixed Address faces charges of possession for the purposes of trafficking, two charges of possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, and four charges of breach of probation with further charges forthcoming.

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All three suspects were held for a bail hearing and remanded into custody.

“This incident is another great example of members of the community working together with the police to make our community safer and more secure for everyone. As a result of keen observations by our citizens with a timely call to our officers, coupled with a dynamic police response, lethal and dangerous drugs were removed from our streets,” said Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll in a media release.

“With the opioid crisis that is ongoing across Canada and the deaths that continue to mount daily in small towns and big cities everywhere, this seizure of fentanyl is significant and represents approximately 8,500 individual doses that will no longer harm citizens from our community and our great communities that surround us,” Knoll said.

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