Methamphetamine seizure in Charlottetown leads to 2 arrests

Two women from the Charlottetown area have been arrested for trafficking narcotics and possessing a prohibited weapon, say Charlottetown police.

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The women aged 33 and 29 were arrested after police executed a search warrant for a house on Prince Street early Wednesday morning. Police said they seized more than 1,000 methamphetamine pills,somepercocet,a quantity of cashand brass knuckles.

Both of the women are now in custody at the Provincial Correctional Centre, and scheduled to appear in Provincial Court at a later date.

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