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Canton Police Cite Suspected Heroin User on Drug Paraphernalia Charges
The following information was provided by Canton Township Police. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
Canton Township Police responded Feb. 28 to MIAT College of Technology, 2955 S. Haggerty, for a report of a person lying facedown on the floor in the bathroom, unresponsive, according to a police report.
The person who phoned police told officers the man was found in a stall with a syringe and needle nearby on the floor, the report indicated.
Police found the man to be breathing but unconscious. When officers opened the stall door, they found a spoon, needle cap, red bag labeled “stay high” with a small amount of white residue and a small piece of cotton located in the middle of the spoon, indications of heroin use, the report indicated.
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When the man became conscious, he denied using heroin and was transported to Annapolis Hospital. Police cited the man on charges of possession of narcotic paraphernalia.
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