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Residents of an east-end apartment building were so grateful to police for tackling drug-dealing at a “problem address” that one left a thank you note on a detective’s car, police said Thursday.

“Numerous” neighbours approached police to thank them after five men were arrested in the bust on Lafontaine Avenue, south of Montreal Road, on Wednesday. A substance police believe is the deadly opiate fentanyl was seized and is still being tested.

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Police credit complaints about drug activity filed by the community for the raid by patrol and tactical officers and street crime investigators.

Three Ottawa men aged 56, 55 and 50 and a 21-year-old man from Limoges are charged with possession of a Schedule I substance and were released on a promise to appear in court. They’re not being identified pending the ongoing investigation, police said.

Two women aged 22 and 48 were arrested and later released without charge.

None of the people arrested live in the building, police said.

Police encourage anyone with tips about the drug trade to contact the Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222 ext. 7300 or report online at ottawapolice.ca. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by downloading the Ottawa Police app.