Two Toronto-area residents have been charged after a RIDE stop near White River.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say officers conducting a RIDE checkpoint on Highway 17 in Vasiloff Township last Tuesday afternoon detected the odour of cannabis emanating from a stopped SUV, leading to a search that yielded "small quantities" of suspected cannabis and cocaine, as well as over $67,000 in currency.
Officers arrested a 25-year-old York man and a 29-year-old Brampton man on charges of possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5000, though the York man's also been charged with drive vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available, four counts of failure to comply with undertaking, and three counts of failure to comply with release order - he was been remanded into custody, pending a bail hearing, while the Brampton man was released with an April court date.