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One of two people charged in Port Hawkesbury drug bust scheduled for sentencing

A suspect arrested after a drug bust in Port Hawkesbury is expected back in court Monday.

RCMP say officers searched a home in Cameron Ct. in the town in Aug. 2017.

They say they seized cocaine, hydromorphone, dexamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia.

Police originally charged Joseph Allison Sponagle, 27, of Havre Boucher and Destiny Hope Matthews, 25, of Inverness Co. with possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, hydromorphone and dexamphetamine.

Sponagle and Matthews elected to be tried by judge alone in Nova Scotia Supreme Court; they were committed to stand trial in a decision delivered in February.

They had an Aug. 1 trial date set when their case returned to court in March; however, they re-elected to provincial court, and Sponagle pleaded guilty to the cocaine count July 23.

Sponagle is scheduled for sentencing in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court; the remaining charges against both were withdrawn.

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