Two men are charged with drug trafficking after searches at two St-Hubert homes - including one housing a daycare - turned up thousands of dollars worth of pills, marijuana and contraband cigarettes.

Longueuil police searched the homes, located on Grand Boulevard and Place Édouard, last Thursday after a months-long investigation by the organized crime unit into illegal tobacco.

They seized around 4,000 pills from the site of the daycare, which was closed at the time of the police raids.

Const. Tommy Lacroix said the majority of the pills were found in a shed on the property, but they did find a small quantity of drugs inside the building where the daycare was operating.

Children not at risk

Lacroix said the children were not at risk.

The daycare is run by the partner of one of the men arrested, he said.

"All of the parents have been advised of what was going on over there for the last couple of days," Lacroix said, adding that police waited to release the information on the operation until all the parents had been notified.

The daycare operator is not facing any charges.

At the other house, police found about 300 grams of marijuana and 2,500 contraband cigarettes.

A stolen motorcycle, cellular phones and cash were also seized during the operation.

A 31-year-old man, who lives in the home with the daycare, was arrested and detained, charged with one count of drug trafficking. He is to appear in the Longueuil courthouse on Friday.

A 63-year-old man was also arrested and charged with trafficking drugs and contraband cigarettes. He was released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.