Nonessential Drug Dealing Results in $750 Fine

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Hamilton cops charge man with selling cocaine, operating non-essential business


Hamilton police have laid trafficking charges against an alleged drug dealer — and slapped on a fine for operating a non-essential business.

Const. Jerome Stewart says drug unit officers began following an aggressive driver on Friday.

He says the driver allegedly made several stops to conduct drug deals before officers arrested him for trafficking around 8 p.m.

Stewart says police seized cocaine and cash.

He says they also issued the man a ticket under Ontario’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, invoked in mid-March in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stewart says drug dealing is not an essential service, and the man faces a $750 fine if found guilty on that charge.

-The Canadian Press

Hamilton ON is 1164 miles from Niceville

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I'm betting on a plea bargain. They drop the trafficking charge and he pleads guilty on the nonessential business.

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I'm betting on a plea bargain. They drop the trafficking charge and he pleads guilty on the nonessential business.

Non-essential business they say... perhaps some people should be envied for being completely oblivious to the turmoil around them for once... this man was merely facilitating it... sounds essential to me.

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Whitmer deemed pot warehouses as essential but shut down Jo Ann's Fabric that was giving away mask kits.

Crazy...