Saint John police seize drugs valued at $112K, man sentenced to three years

Saint John police seized Canadian currency and a substance believed to be cocaine on April 15, 2026. (Source: Saint John Police Force)

A 30-year-old man received a three-and-a-half-year sentence after the Saint John Police Force seized drugs valued at roughly $112,000 on Wednesday.

Police say they arrested the man in a vehicle around 3:16 p.m. They then executed search warrants for the vehicle and an Old Black River Road residence.

Officers seized:

• 1,120 grams of a substance believed to be cocaine
• $7,197 in Canadian currency
• digital scales

Police say the unnamed man pled guilty on charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine and possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000. On Thursday, he received a 42-month sentence.

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