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Peterborough Police K9 sniffs out illicit drugs leading to charges

PETERBOROUGH-Three Peterborough area residents are facing drug and other charges after a routine vehicle stop early Saturday morning.

Police say at approximately 1:00am December 5, 2020, an officer conducted a routine vehicle stop in the area of Rubidge Street just north of Sherbrooke Street.  The traffic stop led to a drug investigation during which two of the accused failed to properly identify themselves according to police.

Police Service Dog Chase attended the scene for a vehicle search and located a quantity of cocaine.

As a result of the investigation, three individuals have been arrested and charged.

Richard Coburn, 33-year-old of Fraserville is charged with:

  • Possession of Cocaine
  • Possession of an Opioid
  • Fail to Comply with Probation Order
  • Failure to comply with release order – other than to attend court x2

Hilary Fleetwood, 34-year-old of Peterborough is charged with:

  • Obstruct a Peace Officer
  • Failure to comply with release order x2

Jonathan Spradbrow, 32-year-old of Peterborough is charged with:

  • Obstruct a Peace Officer
  • Possession of Cocaine

All three were released with a promise to appear in court later in the month.

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Pamela Vanmeer
Pamela Vanmeerhttps://www.kawartha411.ca/
Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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