A 32-year-old Hamilton man is facing multiple charges after allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a young girl he approached on the street.

Hamilton police say the service’s human-trafficking unit began investigating Oct. 9 after the victim reported the assault. Police described her as “vulnerable” because of her young age.

The victim, identified by police as a girl under 16, told police she was picked up by a man driving a dark-coloured vehicle in the area of Barton Street East and Gage Avenue North.

The victim did not know the man prior to this encounter, said Const. Adam Kimber. The victim was walking in the area when she was approached by the stranger in a vehicle.

He allegedly compelled her to ingest an unknown substance, before sexually assaulting her at an unspecified resid

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