Police seize methamphetamine, cocaine, weapons and stolen vehicles during bust in Mississippi Mills

Three people are facing a slew of charges following a drug bust at a home on Turners Road in Mississippi Mills.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with members of the Lanark County OPP, OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit, executed a search warrant on Thursday, Feb. 1.

Officers seized the following items:

• Over 60 grams of suspected cocaine
• Nearly 800 methamphetamine tablets
• More than 170 hydromorphone tablets
• Over 200 cannabis plants
• A variety of unknown substances.
• Nearly $7000 in cash
• A handgun
• Other firearms
• Items typically associated with drug trafficking
• Two stolen vehicles

Krystal Dinelle, 37, of Merrickville-Wolford Township, Wilfred Moore, 35 of Mississippi Mills, and Matthew Verhey, 33 of Carleton Place, face the following charges:

• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking (three counts)
• Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5000
• Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order (five counts)
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm (two counts)
• Careless storage of a firearm (two counts)
• Cultivate, propagate or harvest more than four cannabis plants

Dinelle and Moore are also charged with five counts each of possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.

Dinelle and Moore were remanded in custody and are scheduled to appear in court in Perth next week, while Verhey remains in custody and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing on today.

The investigation is continuing.