PAIR CHARGED IN $77,000 DRUG, GUN TAKEDOWN

BRACEBRIDGE — A Bracebridge man and woman face almost two dozen major drug and gun charges after an arrest in a Hortons parking lot takedown yesterday.

Provincial police say it’s the result of an OPP investigation this month by the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU).

Arrests and search warrants were executed with the help of the OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU).

They say that on April 29 the TRU team arrested the pair in the parking lot of Tim Horton’s on Depot Drive.

Following the arrest, the Muskoka CSCU and Orillia CSCU executed a search warrant at a Bracebridge residence.

And two people have been charged with multiple offences.

Police seized:

• Cocaine with a street value of up to $33,000
• Over $30,000 in cash
• 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
• And an ATV reported stolen the week of April 20, 2020

Charged are:

James Labelle, 45, of Bracebridge:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – OxyContin 80mg S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone 10mg S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession of Loaded Restricted Firearm S. 95(a) CCC
• Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm S. 91(1) CCC
• Careless Storage of a Firearm S. 86(1) CCC
• Careless Storage of Ammunition S. 86(1) CCC
• Possession of an Imitation Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose S. 88 CCC
• Three (3) counts of Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000 S. 354(1)(a) CCC
• Six (6) Counts of Possession of Firearm Contrary to Prohibition Order S. 117.01(1) CCC
• Three (3) Counts of Possession of Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order S. 117.01(1)

And Nicole Labelle, 32, of Bracebridge:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – OxyContin 80mg S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone 10mg S. 5(2) CDSA
• Possession of Loaded Restricted Firearm S. 95(a) CCC
• Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm S. 91(1) CCC
• Careless Storage of a Firearm S. 86(1) CCC
• Careless Storage of Ammunition S. 86(1) CCC
• Possession of an Imitation Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose S. 88 CCC
• Two (2) counts of Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000 S. 354(1)(a) CCC
• Unauthorized Possession of a Weapon S. 91(2) CCC

Both Labelles were held for bail via video at the Ontario Court of Justice in the City of Barrie, today, April 30, 2020.