Three charged after OPP find loaded gun and 63 g of cannabis shatter in Midland
Ontario Provincial Police charged three men after searching an address in Midland, Ontario, on 27 October 2026, where officers looking for a wanted person found a loaded handgun, suspected cocaine and methamphetamine, and 63 grams of cannabis shatter. All three face firearm and drug charges and were held for court in Barrie; one is also charged with possessing cannabis for sale.
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Three men were charged after Ontario Provincial Police searched an address in
Midland, Ontario.[1]Officers from the Southern Georgian Bay and Huronia West
community street crime units, with the Central Region repeat offender parole
enforcement team, went there on Tuesday 27 October 2026 to arrest a person
wanted on an outstanding warrant.[2]During the search they found a loaded
firearm, about 935 grams of suspected cocaine, 489.7 grams of suspected
methamphetamine, 63 grams of cannabis concentrate known as shatter, and 31.2
grams of individually packaged tobacco.[2]The OPP estimated the street value
of the drugs at $100,190.[2]
Alexander Youmans, 22, of Henvey Inlet First Nation, was charged with firearm
and drug offences.[2]Matthew Bowman, 42, of Midland, faced firearm and
drug-trafficking charges.[2]Brody Leclair, 27, of no fixed address, was
charged with firearm and drug offences.[2]He was also charged with possessing
cannabis with the intention to sell or distribute.[2]Leclair remained in
custody and was due before the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on 4 November
2026.[2]
The OPP said it remained committed to disrupting the distribution of illegal
drugs and enhancing community safety.[2]
Photos and video
The loaded handgun seized in the Midland search. Photo: Southern Georgian Bay OPP via Barrie 360 Source: Barrie 360Items seized in the Midland search laid out in front of a Southern Georgian Bay OPP bag. Photo: Southern Georgian Bay OPP via Barrie 360 Source: Barrie 360
The $100,190 street value is the OPP's estimate for all the drugs seized, mostly cocaine and methamphetamine; no separate value for the 63 grams of cannabis concentrate was published.
The release does not say which of the three accused was the person wanted on the outstanding warrant, or whether anyone else was arrested at the address.
No outcome of the three men's first appearances at the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie was reported.
OrilliaMatters reprinted the OPP news release in full, so its account is not independent of the police statement.
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