The Orillia OPP have laid numerous drug charges after a suspicious vehicle was stopped.
On March 28, 2021, shortly after 1 a.m., officers were patrolling on Canice Street, when they observed an occupied vehicle stopped in a nearby parking lot.
Officers stopped and spoke with the occupants and observed alcohol and cannabis in the vehicle. Further investigation led to the arrest of the driver and two passengers and the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Xanax, Oxycodone and illicit cannabis as well as quantities of other drugs and Canadian currency.
As a result, Dante Larsen, age 20, of Orillia, Araz Apelian-Robinson, age 18, of Phelpston, and a 17-year-old female, of Orillia, have been charged with:
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – heroin
- Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine
- Possession of a schedule II substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Two counts of possession of a schedule III substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of a schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of a schedule I substance – cocaine
- Possession of a schedule I substance – heroin
- Possession of a schedule I substance – methamphetamine
- Possession of a schedule II substance
- Two counts of Possession of a schedule III substance
- Possession of illicit cannabis
- Possession for the purpose of distributing
- Possession property obtained by crime over $5000
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
- Other provincial offences
All three accused parties were released with a June court date.