Drug bust on city outskirts puts man in trouble

By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal A 38-year-old Toronto-area man known to police was charged with drug trafficking earlier this month after enforcement officers seized more than $202,000 in illegal drugs during an arrest on the outskirts of Thunder Bay. Police said the arrest was made on Dec. 5 in the area of Highway 11-17 and Dawson Road, but would not say on Tuesday exactly where the accused was apprehended. During the arrest, amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine were confiscated, a provincial news release said. The arrest was part of an ongoing drug crackdown in the region that involves the OPP, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service and Thunder Bay’s municipal force. According to the news release, Scarborough resident Dayne Anthony Richard Jones was charged with drug-trafficking…

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