Suspects caught with suspected drugs; charges laid: SPS

Sarnia Police Service building in Sarnia, Ont. as seen on July 2, 2025. (Reta Ismail/CTV News London)

Sarnia police have laid charges after two suspects were found with drugs near Exmouth Street.

A police officer that was on patrol, was at a grocery store and said they saw two people in a ‘concealed position’ behind a dumpster in the marking lot.

When police approached, two men were seen. The first man was sat on the ground with a fresh piece of foil, according to the Sarnia Police Service, and looked like they were about to smoke an “illicit substance”.

The man got startled and spilled the substance on the ground, and it was unrecoverable.

The SPS confirmed one of the men was bound by two probation orders and a judicial release order. Both had conditions to not go to that specific grocery store, a news release outlined.

A 63-year-old Sarnia man of no fixed address was served a trespassing offence notice.

The second man, 41, of no fixed address, was held for bail on four counts of breach of probation and failure to comply with a release order.

The SPS said the 41-year-old man has been arrested seven times since August 2024, has been charged with breach of probation 18 times, and this marked the 33rd interaction with police.