(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) in Dryden have arrested and charged two individuals after recovering a stolen motor vehicle.
On Sunday, February 16th, 2025, at approximately 9:10 p.m., Dryden OPP were dispatched to investigate the theft of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). The vehicle was located on Highway 17 in Revell Township, where two individuals were arrested for theft of a motor vehicle.
Following a search incident to arrest, police located suspected cocaine on the individuals. A further search of the CMV revealed a total of 410 vacuum sealed bags of illicit cannabis, with a total seized weight of 411 lbs.
As a result of the investigation, Parwinder PANDHER, 39-years-old of Brampton, Ontario, has been charged with the following Criminal Code, Cannabis Act, and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences:
· Possess, produce, sell, distribute or import anything with intention to use, produce, sell or distribute illicit cannabis
· Possession for the purpose of distributing
· Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
· Possession of a Schedule I substance – cocaine
· Failure to comply with undertaking x2
Taranjit GILL, 44-years-old of Brampton, Ontario, has been charged with the following Criminal Code, Cannabis Act, and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act offences:
· Possess, produce, sell, distribute or import anything with intention to use, produce, sell or distribute illicit cannabis
· Possession for the purpose of distributing
· Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
· Possession of a Schedule I substance – cocaine
· Failure to comply with undertaking
Both individuals were have been remanded into custody, and will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Dryden on the 21st of February at 2:00 p.m.