Police seize Fentanyl, cocaine when executing search warrant in Shelburne

Officers from the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) seized a quantity of drugs and charged an individual after conducting a search warrant at a residence in the Town of Shelburne.

Members of the Dufferin Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with frontline uniform officers executed a search warrant at a home on Main Street in Shelburne on Aug. 4. The search warrant resulted in the arrest of one male who is facing multiple charges. In addition, the officers seized a quantity of various drugs.  

Justin DART, 32-year-old from Shelburne has been charged with:

• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime - under $5000

• Failure to comply with release order (two counts)

• Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking - Cocaine

• Traffick in Schedule I Substance - Opioid

• Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking - Opioid (two counts)

The following property was seized:

• Fentanyl - purple

• Fentanyl - pink

• Cocaine 

• Crack Cocaine 

• Hydromorphone pills

• Quantity of unknown pills

• Scales

• Baggies

• Drug paraphernalia 

• Cash - Canadian currency 

• Air soft gun

The accused individual was transported to the Dufferin OPP detachment where they were held pending a bail hearing.

These charges have not been proven in court.