RCMP find drugs and cash during search in Mount Stewart

Queens District RCMP have seized cash, and drugsafter executing a search warrant on May 24 in Mount Stewart.

Police say that $10,000 in cash, as well as hashish, Oxycontin, Methadone and approximately 21 pounds of marijuana were found during the search.

A man has been charged in relation to the investigation is scheduled to appear in Provincial Court on June 5.

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"Drugs continue to have a negative impact on the people of our Island, removing this amount of drugs will certainly impact the local drug trade," said Const. Jamie Parsons with the Queens District RCMP in a news release.

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