Charges for two after drug bust near Cornwall

By Mike Vlasveld

Two Cornwall men are facing charges after OPP seized drugs and cash in a traffic stop.

Members of the Community Street Crime Unit and Stormont Dundas and Glengarry OPP stopped on a vehicle on Hwy. 138, northwest of Cornwall around 10:20 a.m. last Tuesday.

Marijuana and methamphetamine pills were discovered in the car, along with an undisclosed amount of Canadian cash.

Danial Cook, 32, was arrested and charged with:

– Possession of a Controlled Substance for the purpose of Trafficking (2 counts)

– Possession of a controlled substance

– Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000

– Fail to comply with conditions of a recognizance (6 counts)

– Resist peace officer

Kyle Freeman, 28, was arrested and charged with:

– Possession of a Controlled Substance for the purpose of Trafficking (2 counts)

– Possession of a controlled substance

– Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000

Police said Cook was held in custody pending a court appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Cornwall.

Freeman was released and scheduled to appear in Cornwall court on May 15.

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