(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – On Wednesday July, 08 2015 at 11:00 pm The Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting a R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Enforcement) stop check at the Swing Bridge on Highway 6 in Little Current, Ontario. A Black Chevrolet vehicle entered the check and upon the officer talking with the driver a strong odour of marihuana was detected. This lead to further investigation and search of the vehicle which produced a quantity of marihuana and a large amount of cash being seized.
As a result of this investigation the driver of the vehicle Marcella DEBASSIGE age 42 of Sudbury, Ontario has been arrested and charged with the following offense.
Possession of Schedule II (Marihuana) Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking contrary to the Controlled Drug and Substance Act.
She was later released on a Promise to Appear for Ontario Court of Justice in Gore Bay on the August 31, 2015.