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Police seize drugs after driver allegedly fled traffic stop in Kitchener

A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser. Kevin Nielsen / Global News

A Scarborough man is facing a number of charges after Waterloo Regional Police completed a drug investigation in Kitchener.

Investigators say officers made a traffic stop on Oct. 1 but the driver reversed his vehicle and drove across the front lawn of a property in an attempt to flee.

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Police were able to identify the driver at the time, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that he was located and arrested in downtown Kitchener.

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The investigation led to the seizure of a vehicle that police say contained a quantity of suspected fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

Police also confiscated a cell phone and an undisclosed amount of Canadian currency.

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The 39-year-old man was held for a bail hearing.

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