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Failure to stop for stop sign in Essa results in drug trafficking charges
September 25, 2025 · 0 Comments
Nottawasaga Provincial Police (OPP) officers have charged one driver with impaired driving and one passenger with drug related offences after failing to stop for a stop sign in Essa.
On Sept. 14, shortly after 11 p.m., members of the Nottawasaga OPP were conducting general patrols when they observed a vehicle fail to stop at a stop sign on Scotch Pine Road and Brentwood Road in Essa. Officers conducted a traffic stop, and during the interaction, grounds were formed that the driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol, leading to the driver’s arrest.
Upon further investigation, officers located and seized 88.3 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine and 7.6 grams of cocaine on the passenger and as a result, both the driver and passenger were subsequently placed under arrest for trafficking.
As a result of the investigation, Sohrab Mohammadian, 36, of Milton, was charged with:
- Operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000 – in Canada
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking – Methamphetamine
Jeanette Belanger, 42, of Barrie, was charged with:
- Possession of an identity document
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of Trafficking – Methamphetamine
- Identity Theft – obtain or possess another person’s identity information
The accused parties are scheduled to attend the Ontario Court of Justice in Bradford on Oct. 9, to answer to the charges.
The charges have not been proven in court.
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