On Wednesday March 4, Orangeville Police Service officers arrested and charged two males alleged to be involved in the sale of illicit drugs in front of Orangeville District Secondary School.

At about 10:30 a.m. police officers were at the school for an unrelated matter when they received information that two males were possibly attempting to sell prescription drugs to students outside the school.

Tyler David Harron, 20, of Orangeville and a 17- year-old male were arrested and taken into custody by police. (Identity of the 17-year-old is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.)

Police say both males were in possession of a large quantity of prescription drugs and cash. Further investigation revealed that the drugs had been stolen as the result of a break-in at an Oxford Street residence early the previous morning.

Among items seized by police were several syringes and large quantities of morphine, dimenhydrinate, ativan, cyclobenzaprine and more than $1,000 in cash.

Neither accused is a students at the school.

The accused face several

criminal charges including possession of controlled substances, possession for the purpose of trafficking controlled substances, break and enter and possession of property obtained by crime.

Both were held in custody pending bail hearings in Orangeville court.