A 66-year-old Sarnia man is in custody after police found roughly $20,500 worth of cocaine and a stun gun made to look like a flashlight during a raid in the city’s south end.
On June 25, 2026, around 4:24 p.m., members of the Sarnia Police Service Drug Unit, backed by the Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit, searched a home in the 400 block of Russell Street South. They seized about 205 grams of cocaine, $743.15 in cash, and items used for drug trafficking.
During the arrest, officers also found a conducted energy weapon, a type of stun gun, that was built to look like an everyday flashlight. Under Canadian law, this kind of weapon is prohibited and cannot be owned by civilians. The police posted a video on their YouTube page showing how the disguised weapon works.
The accused faces several charges: possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon while prohibited, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000. He appeared briefly in Sarnia bail court on June 26, 2026, and was kept in custody over the weekend. A further appearance by video from jail was set for June 29, 2026, for an update on his legal representation and bail plan.
This drug seizure comes just weeks after a larger operation on June 8, 2026, where Sarnia police arrested four people and took roughly 1.56 kilograms of cocaine valued at about $156,000 from homes on Lyndale Crescent, Carleton Place in Sarnia, and Church Street in Point Edward. Residents can take some comfort that police are continuing to get illegal drugs and dangerous weapons off local streets.
