Three people are facing charges after police discovered various amounts of drugs, including heroin, allegedly being sold out of an older-model purple van to high school students.

Police say the 1991 purple Dodge Van, which looks similar to a school bus, was travelling to local high schools and oilsands sites selling a substance that was being advertised as a "legal" alternative for getting high.

Officers claim the group was passing out business cards promoting the sale of incense that could cause euphoria.

But officers discovered a lot more than that when the van was searched during a routine vehicle stop Wednesday evening on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray.

"Police observed drug paraphernalia in the vehicle and they went in and found marijuana, mushrooms ecstasy, hashish," said Const. Karolina Malik with the RCMP.



RCMP say they seized what is believed to be seven grams of heroin, approximately 100 grams of marijuana, 47 grams of hashish oil, 100 grams of magic mushrooms, and an unreleased number of ecstasy tablets.



Andrew Braye, 25, of Comox Valley, B.C., Leigh Harrison, 25, of Courtenay, B.C. and Scott Weber, 24, of Victoria, B.C. have each been charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.

All three men are prohibited from being within a 50-kilometre radius of Fort McMurray, except during their first court appearance, which is scheduled for September 28th.