News Local  Drug dealer arrested at Sarnia massage parlour gets
15 months 0   The Observer  A Sarnia man caught with more than
$12,000 worth of cocaine at a massage parlour was sentenced to
15 months in jail Thursday.  Ronald James Fraser, 42, pleaded
guilty in Sarnia court to possession of cocaine for the purpose
of trafficking Oct. 7, 2009.  Sarnia police raided the Sarnia
Shiatsu Massage and Fraser arrived at the scene minutes later.
A search of Fraser produced 157 grams of cocaine, with an
estimated street value of $12,000 to $15,000.  The cocaine
contained benzocaine, a painkilling drug that can be sprayed or
spread on affected areas.  The drug is a favoured cutting agent
among cocaine dealers, said federal prosecutor Michael Robb.
Benzocaine's numbing impact leads buyers who dab a bit of the
cocaine-benzocaine mixture on their tongue to believe it is
high-purity cocaine.  Justice Ann McFadyen said Fraser had the
cocaine for purely commercial purposes because there was no
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