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Two charged in $68K drug bust

London police say two people face charges after officers seized over $68,000 worth of drugs in raids of two homes in the east end of the city.

According to police, member of the Guns and Drugs Section searched homes on Highbury Avenue and Mornington Avenue early Thursday morning.

In addition to five pellet guns, three scales, two phones, nearly $12,000 in cash, brass knuckles, a butterfly knife, and several rounds of ammunition, officers seized cocaine, purple fentanyl, methamphetamine, blue fentanyl, Adderal, Xanax, Dilaudid, TEC 3 pills, ecstacy pills, GHB, and cutting agent.

A 35-year-old London man faces several charges, including drug trafficking and unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon.

A 31-year-old woman is also charged with drug trafficking and unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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