FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- Ontario Provincial Police in Fort Frances have arrested a 50-year-old man after a 62-year-old died of an apparent drug overdose.
Police, in a release issued on Wednesday night, said 62-year-old Wayne Comigan died after ingesting a yellow-coloured drug. It was one of two incidents that left users unconscious. He later died.
Scott Foster, 50, has been charged with trafficking in a Schedule 1 drug (opioid), possession of a Schedule 1 drug for the purpose of trafficking and possession of another Schedule 1 drug for the purpose of trafficking.
Police issued a warning about the drug, known as yellow down, noting others have also died as a result of ingesting the narcotic.
Anyone with information is asked to phone OPP at 807-274-3322 or 1-888-310-1122.
