Exeter Drug Bust, Two Arrested
Source: Area OPP
Date: Fri Jun 28 03:38:28 MST 2024
In June of 2024, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) in London began an investigation into two individuals believed to be trafficking illegal substances in the Town of Exeter and the surrounding Huron County area. On June 25, 2024, the investigative team executed a search warrant in Exeter with assistance from the Huron-Perth Community Street Crime Unit and the Huron County OPP Detachment.
As a result of the search warrant, police seized the following:
Approximately 255 grams of suspected fentanyl
Approximately 33 grams of suspected methamphetamine
26 suboxone tablets
Five morphine tablets
42 unknown tablets
A quantity of a suspected cutting agent
19 rounds of shotgun shells
Two digital scales
$1,280 CAD
Two cell phones
The estimated street value of the drugs seized is $13,700.
Carly JOHNS, age 29 of Exeter, has been charged with the following offences contrary to the Criminal Code and CDSA:
Possession of ammunition contrary to prohibition order
Possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine
Possession buprenorphine
Possession morphine
Travis DAVIS, age 35 of Exeter has been charged with the following offences contrary to the CDSA:
Possession for the purpose of trafficking fentanyl
Possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine
Possession buprenorphine
Possession morphine
The accused were remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Goderich on a later date.
Anyone with information about possession, production or trafficking of illegal drugs should contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca.