(LAURENTIAN VALLEY, ON) – On October 18, 2016 members of the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with the assistance of OPP’s Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) and Emergency Response Team (ERT) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence in Laurentian Valley Township. A quantity of drugs was seized and as a result 35 year old Benjamin Jeremy SCHAUER of Laurentian Valley Township is charged with the following CDSA offences:
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
Possession of a Schedule II Substance – Cannabis Marihuana
He is further charged with 3 counts of Fail to Comply with a Recognizance contrary to the Criminal Code. He was held for a bail hearing on Oct. 19 and remains in custody until his next appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on October 24, 2016.