(PEMBROKE, ON) – Three Pembroke residents are facing charges after an impaired driving investigation resulted in the seizure of suspected fentanyl and cocaine.
On February 22, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m. members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 in Whitewater Region. Officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on Paul Martin Drive in the City of Pembroke. As part of the investigation a Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST) was conducted, and further testing was conducted by a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) officer at the detachment. Approximately 100 grams of suspected cocaine was seized along with a smaller amount of suspected fentanyl.
As a result of this investigation 47-year-old Bradley DOELL has been charged with the following Criminal Code (CC), Controlled Drugs Substances Act (CDSA), and Highway Traffic Act (HTA) offences:
· Operation while impaired – drugs
· Operation while prohibited
· Possession of a schedule I substance – cocaine
· Driving while under suspension
The accused had their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days.
Additionally, two passengers in the vehicle, 44-year-old Maydina GAREAU and 43-year-old Crystal GOHR are each charged with the following CDSA offence:
· Possession of a schedule I substance – cocaine
GOHR faces an additional CDSA charge of possession of a schedule I substance – fentanyl.
All three accused individuals were released, and they are scheduled appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on April 1, 2025.