Guns and drugs seized, multiple arrests made in Woodstock

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The Woodstock Police Service has seized guns and drugs and made multiple arrests in a drug trafficking investigation dubbed Project Delorean.

On Thursday, Woodstock police executed a search warrant at a home on Ferguson Drive.

Seized during the search was:

• A loaded handgun
• Two tasers
• $14,315 in Canadian cash
• Cocaine worth an estimated $3,500

Two 21-year-old men from Woodstock and a 19-year-old woman from Strathroy were arrested and charged with:

• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
• Two counts of unauthorized possession of a weapon
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device, or ammunition

One of the men was additionally charged with trafficking cocaine.

In a separate search under the same investigation on Bay Street, WPS seized:

• Cocaine worth an estimated $94,000
• $22,575 in Canadian cash
• Significant amount of ammunition
• Other narcotics
• An armoured vest

In that search, two 28-year-old men, a 27-year-old man, and a 38-year-old man, all from Woodstock, were charged with:

• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – other drugs

One of the 28-year-old men was also additionally charged with trafficking cocaine.

The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the WPS at 519-357-2323 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.