Coffee lovers in Barrie were able to get something on the side when they ordered drinks at a mobile coffee outlet.
Barrie Police got tipped off about some suspicious activity by a coffee truck servicing the Barrie area, suspecting marijuana was being sold more often than beverages.
The Barrie Police Street Crime Unit investigated and arrested a local coffee entrepreneur for trafficking drugs from his truck on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m.
Police found 292 grams of Cannabis Marijuana, 27 Oxycodone pills, 11 grams of hash, along with digital scales and baggies inside his truck.
A short time later, police executed a search warrant at his Shanty Bay address and located:
- Over 550 Cannabis Marijuana plants
- Excess of 100 Buprenorphine pills
- 9 grams of Hashish
- A small amount of Oxycodone
- Cannabis Resin and Psilocybin (mushrooms)
- Equipment to manufacture drugs
The 53-year-old Oro-Medonte male was charged with:
- Trafficking- Marijuana
- Trafficking- Cannabis Resin
- Trafficking- Oxycodone
- Possession for the Purpose- Marijuana
- Possession for the Purpose- Cannabis Resin
- Possession for the Purpose- Oxycodone
- Production of Cannabis Marijuana
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Marijuana
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Oxycodone
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Cannabis Resin
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Buprenorphine
A second 24-year-old Oro-Medonte man was charged with:
- Production of Cannabis Marijuana
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Marijuana
- Production of a Controlled Substance- Cannabis Resin
- Possession of a Controlled Substance- Psilocybin (mushrooms)
Two women have arranged to turn themselves in at a later time to face Production of Cannabis Marijuana charges.
All accused were released.
Two of the accused had Medicinal Marijuana licences but greatly exceeded what they could possess.
