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Smell of pot turns traffic stop into drug bust

A routine traffic stop Thursday morning turned into a drug bust after a police officer smelled pot from the vehicle. Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers stopped an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17A in Kenora around 2 a.m.
Newswatch Staff
A routine traffic stop Thursday morning turned into a drug bust after a police officer smelled pot from the vehicle.
 
Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers stopped an eastbound vehicle on Highway 17A in Kenora around 2 a.m. Thursday. While dealing with the occupants of the vehicle, an officer believed he could detect an odour of marijuana.
 
The driver and passenger of the vehicle were arrested and searched.
 
Officers seized 1.3 pounds of marijuana, two ounces of cocaine, and a quantity of codeine pills. Police say they estimate the street value of the drugs seized to be about $22,000.
 
Two Dryden men, a 26-year-old and 24-year-old, have been charged with trafficking narcotics.
 
The two suspects will appear in a Kenora courtroom on Monday.  
 
 
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