(BANCROFT, ON) – Three people face trafficking charges after a drug seizure in Faraday Township.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit began an investigation earlier this spring.
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, Community Street Crime Unit and Bancroft OPP members, assisted by the OPP Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Highway 28 South in Faraday Township.
Officers seized:
- Almost 20 grams of suspected fentanyl
- Over 160 grams of suspected cocaine
- Over 20 grams of suspected heroin
- Suspected crystal methamphetamine
- Over 20 grams of suspected MDMA
- Suspected Psilocybin
- 20 suspected methamphetamine (speed) pills
- Over 300 suspected hydromorphone pills,
- 50 suspected oxycodone pills
- Over 20 suspected morphine pills
- Suspected lorazepam pills
- Over $900 in cash
- 1 cell phone
- 3 scales
Roseanne HARRIS of Faraday Township, age 46, Jordan MORIN of Peterborough, age 28, and Erica OLMSTEAD of Hastings Highlands, age 30 have each been charged with:
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – 9 counts
- Possession of a Schedule II substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of a Schedule IV substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
Additionally, HARRIS was charged with two counts of breach of a release order and OLMSTEAD was charged with breach of a probation order.
All three accused were remanded into custody. OLMSTEAD and MORIN have a court date in the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on May 27, 2025, while HARRIS has a court date of May 29, 2025.