Members of the Guelph police downtown project, addressing public safety in shared spaces, specifically open drug possession, arrested a couple for open drug use.
At approximately 12:28 p.m. Wednesday a 38-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man were observed in the area of Yarmouth Street to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and a suspected controlled substance.
A search incident to arrest found the couple to be in possession of several controlled substances. The pair were arrested and released with a court date and the couple was also connected with the Welcoming Streets initiative for resource navigation.