Austin COONEY & Daniel VANCLIEF Were Arrested

(QUINTE WEST, ON) – Two people face trafficking charges after a drug seizure in Quinte West.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) began an investigation earlier this year into drug trafficking in the area of downtown Trenton. 

On Friday, December 19, 2025, officers with CSCU, assisted by members of the OPP Emergency Response Team and members of the Quinte West Detachment, executed a search warrant at an apartment on Creswell Drive.

Officers seized over 32 grams of suspected fentanyl, more than 2.5 grams of suspected cocaine and more than two grams of suspected crack cocaine, as well as cash and items typically associated with drug trafficking. Two people were arrested without incident.

Austin COONEY, age 30 and Daniel VANCLIEF, age 53, both from Quinte West, have each been charged with:

• Possession of Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – two counts
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
• Fail to comply with a probation order

The accused were held for a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville to be held on Friday, December 19, 2025.

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