At approximately 8:00 pm on October 8, 2012 Sault Ste. Marie OPP officers were conducting RIDE spot checks at the East city limits.
A van approached the spot check and an officer detected a strong odour of a substance believed to be marihuana emanating from within the vehicle.
As a result of further investigation and a search of the vehicle, a small quantity of recently cultivated marihuana plants and approximately 180 grams of a substance believed to be marihuana separated into small individual baggies were located.
Nineteen year old Gregory William WISHMAN of Danby Road in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was arrested and charged with one count of Possession of Cannabis - over 30 grams and one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking schedule II under 3 kilograms contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
The accused was released on a Promise To Appear for Provincial Court in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on November 19, 2012.
A seventeen year old female was also arrested and charged with one count of Possession of Cannabis - over 30 grams and one count of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking schedule II under 3 kilograms contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
The accused was released on a Promise to Appear in Youth Court in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on November 20, 2012.
