2 Ottawa Valley residents charged after border officials detect ketamine in mail: OPP

Ontario Provincial Police say officers seized suspected ketamine, cocaine and cash while executing a search warrant in Renfrew on Tuesday. (OPP/release)

Two Renfrew, Ont. residents are facing charges after border officers detected ketamine in a package arriving in Canada, according to police.

Canada Border Services Agency officers discovered a substance while examining a shipment at the International Mail Processing Centre in the Greater Toronto Area.

Ontario Provincial Police say the substance tested positive for ketamine.

“(CBSA officers) contacted the OPP and provided information regarding the package, which contained over six kilograms of the powerful dissociative anesthetic used legally in both human and veterinary medicine,” the OPP said.

On Tuesday, officers with the OPP East Region Community Street Crime Unit and the CBSA executed a search warrant at a residence on Maloney Road in Renfrew.

“Two people were arrested without incident and officers seized the suspected ketamine, as well as approximately six grams of suspected cocaine and a quantity of suspected methamphetamine,” the OPP said.

“They also seized approximately $1,300 in cash, a collapsible baton and items typically associated with drug trafficking.”

The two people are facing three counts of possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, and one count each of possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000 and unauthorized possession of a weapon.

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