Oshawa convenience store employees trafficking drugs in exchange for alcohol, police allege

Photo provided by Durham police shows bottles of stolen alcohol seized during a drug trafficking investigation.

Employees of a convenience store in Oshawa trafficked and provided drugs in exchange for alcohol, police in Durham Region allege.

Officers started an investigation into alleged drug trafficking at All in One Convenience at 152 Park Rd. S. this month.

As a result, investigators executed search warrants at the store and a Toronto home earlier this week.

Police said two men and a woman were arrested at the store. They also located a quantity of drugs, drug paraphernalia, over 250 bottles of stolen alcohol worth $20,000, illegal cigarettes, stolen clothing and a large amount of cash.

The suspects have been identified as 22-year-old Mayuresh Mahendran of Toronto, 22-year-old Fredy Biju of Oshawa and 22-year-old Emilie Ann Crissinger of Clarington.

All three are facing a combined 16 drug-related charges.