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Two arrested in Leamington drug investigation

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two people following a raid last week in Leamington.

Officers from the Essex County Street Crime Unit and West Region Emergency Response Team executed a warrant at a home shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Unspecified quantities of cocaine and opioids were seized.

A 60-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman are each charged with one count apiece of possession of cocaine and opioids with intent to sell.

The man also faces a count of possession of stolen property under $5,000.

Both were held pending a bail hearing in a Windsor court.

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