File photo of a Woodstock police cruiser. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)File photo of a Woodstock police cruiser. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News.)
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Two arrested following traffic stop in Woodstock

Woodstock police say two men have been charged after a traffic stop yielded weapons and suspected cocaine.

Officers conducted the traffic stop at around 11:30 p.m. Thursday in the area of Adelaide Street and Wellington Street. Police determined that the occupants were carrying prohibited weapons.

A firearm, brass knuckles, two tasers, and nunchucks were seized.

Both men, a 27-year-old from London and a 27-year-old from Cambridge, were charged with four counts of possessing a prohibited weapon, plus one count each of unauthorized possession of a firearm, occupying a vehicle with a firearm, and cocaine possession.

The London man is also charged with carrying a concealed weapon, careless use of a firearm, and having a dangerous weapon.

The charges have yet to be proven in court.

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