Nearly two-dozen people have been arrested and police said more arrests are expected after a drug trafficking investigation in Pembroke.

Following five months of investigative work by the OPP East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Regional Support Team and the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, search warrants were executed at residences in the city on Thursday, May 22 and Wednesday, June 4. So far 22 people have been arrested and are facing over 170 charges including cocaine and fentanyl possession for the purpose of trafficking; possession of loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; possession of stolen property; careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition; breach of firearm regulations; cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine trafficking; morphine possession; a

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