Officers seize drugs, cash and loaded firearm at High Level traffic stop
Two High Level, Alta. residents face charges after Alberta RCMP officers seized a loaded firearm, cocaine and cash at a traffic stop in High Level.
On July 31, members of the Alberta RCMP's community response team and High Level RCMP officers conducted the traffic stop.
Following that, police executed a search warrant at their residence.
Police seized 167 grams of cocaine, 352 grams of cannabis, a loaded 9 mm handgun, two Rolex watches, three cartons of unstamped tobacco, cell phones and $6, 110 in cash.
A 41-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman were jointly charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine, possession of Proceeds of Crime, Possession of a Firearm knowing the serial number was altered, Possession of a Prohibited Weapon while being prohibited and Possession of a Firearm in a motor vehicle.
Both women were remanded into custody. They're scheduled to appear in court in Chateh on Aug. 6.
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