OPP report loaded handgun, drugs seized near Gananoque

Three people from Ottawa have been arrested after police seized more than a kilogram of cocaine and other drugs, as well as a modified auto-firing handgun, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

In a press release on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, The Leeds County Detachment of the OPP said the incident occurred around 6 p.m. the day prior, when officers from that detachment stopped a car that was speeding in the westbound lanes of Highway 401 between Highway 137 (to the USA) and Gananoque. The officers determined that the driver was breaching release conditions related to previous matters, and that person was arrested, police said.

In a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun “which had been converted to automatic firing, as well as two prohibited ammunition magazines,” the OPP said. Police further detailed that the officers discovered “more than one kilogram of suspected cocaine, suspected MDMA, and other suspected illegal drugs.”

Two other people in the vehicle were also arrested, police said.

According to the OPP, 36-year-old Misha’al Kamil Alshammiry, 28-year-old Adam Olow, and 32-year-old Dianna Nguyen, all from Ottawa, were 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
• Two counts of possession of a prohibited device or ammunition
• Being the occupant of a vehicle knowing there was a fiream
• Having knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking
• Two counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance

Kamil Alsammiry was additionally charged with:

• Four counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order
• Failure to comply with a release order
• Speeding

Olow was additionally charged with:

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

Police said all three of the accused individuals were held in custody for a bail hearing, which occurred today, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. The OPP did not disclose the results of that bail hearing in the press release.