Two charged after drug trafficking investigation in Bracebridge

A 43-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man have been arrested and charged following a drug trafficking investigation in Bracebridge.

According to the OPP, since the beginning of the year, members of the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit have been investigating suspected drug trafficking activity in the District of Muskoka.

Police said on May 7, Muskoka Street Crime investigators, with the assistance of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment Community Street Crime Unit, OPP K9 Unit, and Bracebridge OPP Detachment members, executed search warrants in Bracebridge.

As a result, a 43-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, both from Bracebridge, were arrested and charged with possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and possession of a prohibited weapon.

They are both scheduled to appear in court in Bracebridge on June 9.

Mauricio Prado
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