Two in custody after December bust - cops
Maurice Chester Paul, 43, and Christopher Scott Phillips, 42, accused of possession of drugs for trafficking purposes, police report, after fentanyl, cocaine, meth found in vehicle
The Fredericton Police Force says a mid-December response to a suspicious-vehicle report led to the seizure of $26,000 worth of drugs and $3,000 in cash.
The force issued a news release Friday advising that officers responded to a complaint about a suspicious vehicle in the Islandview area on the south side of Fredericton on Dec. 16.
“Upon arrival, they located the vehicle in question, determined it to be stolen, subsequently blocked the vehicle and arrested two adult males,” the release said.
A subsequent search of the vehicle led to the discovery of quantities of different hard drugs worth about $26,000 on the street, it said, and about $3,000 in cash.
Seized were the following quantities of what are suspected to be the following drugs: 29.57 of fentanyl, 77.05 grams of cocaine, 29.01 grams of methamphetamines, 50 ice-pill (meth) tablets, 489 tablets of Xanax and 57 hydromorphone tablets, the release said.
Arrested and remanded into custody were Christopher Scott Phillips, 42, of Crouse Road in Zealand; and Maurice Chester Paul, 43, of no fixed address in Fredericton.
Court records show Phillips is accused of Dec. 16 counts of possession of hydromorphone, cocaine, fentanyl, meth and Xanax for the purpose of trafficking.
He’s also charged with possessing a stolen 2021 Dodge Ram belonging to Kenneth Van Aarle; possessing break-in instruments (bolt cutters and a crowbar), possessing cash deemed to the proceeds of crime, possessing 22-calibre ammunition while prohibited by a court order, driving while impaired by a drug, and breaching two probation orders.
Phillips also faces an unrelated count of driving while suspended Nov. 1.
Paul is also charged with possessing the same five drugs for trafficking purposes, possessing break-in instruments, possessing proceeds of crime, breaching a probation order and violating a court-ordered prohibition against possessing firearms and ammunition.
Both are due back in Fredericton provincial court to answer to the charges next week.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.