Ontario Provincial Police say three people face drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop Oct 21. in Temiskaming Shores. At around 1:30 p.m. police conducted a traffic stop on Armstrong Street North in Temiskaming Shores as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation, police said in a release Monday. “A subsequent search resulted in the seizure of suspected cocaine, suspected fentanyl, suspected crack cocaine and brass knuckles,” police said. Two people from Temiskaming Shores and a person from Cobalt have each been charged with two counts of possession and the unauthorized possession of a weapon. A 63-year-old Temiskaming Shores man is scheduled to appear in court at a later date in Haileybury. Two others, a 50-year-old from Cobalt and a 32-year-old from Temiskaming Shores remain in custody pending bail hearings.
