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Northumberland OPP seized approximately $135,000 worth of cannabis and charged two men during a traffic stop last week.

Police say around 1 a.m. Thursday, officers stopped a westbound pickup truck on Telephone Road in the Municipality of Brighton for an alleged Highway Traffic Act offence. The area is 30 kilometres east of Cobourg.

Officers detected a strong odour of cannabis emanating from the vehicle. They located 13.5 kilograms of cannabis and weapons including a conducted energy weapon.

Maxwell Drake Jenkins, 25, of Brighton, and Breanne Hass, 24, of Quinte West, were both arrested and charged with the following offences:

Possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling

Carrying a concealed weapon

Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition

Possession of Prohibited device or ammunition for a dangerous purpose

Hass was additionally charged with having care or control of a vehicle with cannabis readily available.

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Both were released and are scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg on May 22.

#NthldOPP officer conducted a traffic stop for an HTA Offence which resulted in a seizure of over 13.5 kilograms of cannabis marijuana and weapons. The OPP is committed to public safety^kj pic.twitter.com/AJgOzkRPCk — OPP Central (@OPP_CR) April 16, 2019

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