Toronto man faces several charges related to drug trafficking
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
by: BayToday.ca Staff
A
search of a city hotel room has resulted in the arrest of what police believe
is a crack cocaine dealer.
Yesterday,
the North Bay Police Street Crime Unit executed a Controlled Substances
Act warrant to search a Lakeshore Drive motel room, from where a Toronto man
was believed to be trafficking crack cocaine.
Police
seized 104.3 grams of suspected crack cocaine with a street value estimated at
over $15,000, a small amount of marijuana, and $1,410 in Canadian currency.
Police
arrested and charged Joseph Thompson, age 24 of Toronto, with one count of
possession for the purpose of trafficking crack cocaine, one count of
possession of marijuana, one count of possession of property obtained by crime,
and one count of breach of probation.
Thompson
was held in custody overnight pending a bail hearing today.
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