To York Regional Police, it was not just a drug overdose.

They investigated this death as a manslaughter.

And now York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween has sent a message to drug dealers that they will hear loud and clear: You can, run but if the person you sold drugs to dies, you may not be able to hide.

“We take these matters with the utmost seriousness,” the chief told the .

A 21-year-old Georgina man has found that out the hard way. While the man found dead last year at Bathurst St. and Ner Israel Dr. in Vaughan was ruled an overdose, police went to work with the Centre of Forensic Sciences to investigate it. On Tuesday, they announced their result. It was a stunner.

“York Regional Police #4 District Criminal investigations Bureau (CIB) have charged a man with manslaughter and d

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