Drugs & Loaded Handgun Seized Near Gananoque

Modified Auto-Firing Handgun and Over 1 kg of Cocaine Seized!

Leeds & Thousand Islands – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has seized illegal drugs and a loaded handgun near Gananoque.

OPP officers stopped a speeding car on Highway 401 eastbound, between Highway 137 and Gananoque, shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 16, 2025. They determined that the driver was breaching release conditions related to a previous matter and arrested the individual.

A search of the vehicle located a loaded handgun which had been converted to automatic firing, as well as two prohibited ammunition magazines. They also found more than one kilogram of suspected cocaine, suspected MDMA and other suspected illegal drugs. Two other people in the vehicle were also arrested.

Misha’al KAMIL ALSHAMMIRY, age 36, Adam OLOW, age 28, and Dianna NGUYEN, age 32, all residents of Ottawa are each charged with:

• Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
• Making an automatic firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
• Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition – two counts
• An occupant of a vehicle knowing there was a firearm
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance – two counts

KAMIL ALSHAMMIRY is also charged with:

• Possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order – four counts
• Failure to comply with a release order
• Speeding

OLOW is additionally charged with:

• Obstruct a peace officer
• Personation with intent to avoid arrest
• Failing to wear a seatbelt

All three of the accused were held in custody for a bail hearing today (Friday, January 17, 2025), before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville.