The man was arrested July 31, nearly two months after a Huntsville couple was arrested in connection with the same probe.
On June 11, on Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst, OPP found eight ounces of cocaine on a man and a woman. The drugs had an estimated street value of $22,400.
Police also seized about $450 in cash, two cell phones and a 1994 Pontiac Trans Am.
Jason Turgeon, 28, and Keri-Ann Elias, 25, both of Huntsville, were charged with one count each of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.
They pleaded guilty to the charges.
According to Bracebridge Court records, Turgeon is facing two years and three months jail time.
Elias is facing six months in prison.
The OPP Drug Enforcement Section, with the help of Bracebridge OPP Detachment Crime Unit, Central Region Rural Agricultural Crime Team, Peel Regional Police and Halton Region Police, concluded the seven-week investigation last week.
The probe ended when drug enforcement officers arrested a man at a Mississauga condominium in relation to the June 11 seizure.
OPP then executed a search warrant on a home in Milton and seized a small amount of marijuana and cocaine with an estimated street value of $250.
In addition, police seized a prohibited knife, a semi-automatic handgun and $4,400 in cash.
Syares Warda, 24, of Mississauga, is charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a prohibited weapon.
lrosella@mississauga.net
