During the month of April 2020, the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit of the OPP engaged in a drug investigation in Bracebridge. As a result of this investigation, arrests and search warrants were executed in Bracebridge with the assistance of the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) on April 29, 2020.
On April 29, 2020 the OPP TRU team arrested two people in the parking lot of Tim Horton’s on Depot Drive. Soon after, the Muskoka CSCU with assistance from the Orillia CSCU executed a search warrant at a home in Bracebridge. As a result of this investigation, two people have been charged for multiple offences and the following items have been seized:
- Cocaine with a street value of up to $33,000
- Over $30,000 in Canadian Currency
- Oxycodone pills (varying forms) with a street value of up to approximately $31,900
- Fentanyl patches with a street value of up to $12,000
- A loaded 9 mm restricted hand gun
- An imitation firearm
- A cross-bow
- Two prohibited knives
- Ammunition
- An ATV which was reported stolen the week of April 20, 2020
The following people have been charged:
James Labelle (Age 45), of Bracebridge, Ontario:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – OxyContin 80mg
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone 10mg
- Possession of Loaded Restricted Firearm S
- Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm
- Careless Storage of a Firearm
- Careless Storage of Ammunition
- Possession of an Imitation Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
- Three counts of Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000
- Six Counts of Possession of Firearm
- Three Counts of Possession of Ammunition
Nicole Labelle (Age 32) of Bracebridge, Ontario:
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – OxyContin 80mg
- Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone 10mg
- Possession of Loaded Restricted Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm
- Careless Storage of a Firearm
- Careless Storage of Ammunition
- Possession of an Imitation Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
- Two (2) counts of Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000
- Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon
Both accused have been held for bail held via video at the Ontario Court of Justice in the City of Barrie on April 30, 2020
