84-year-old N.B. man charged in drug trafficking investigation
An 84-year-old man from Shippagan, N.B., has been charged following a drug trafficking investigation in the area.
The New Brunswick RCMP Northeast Crime Reduction Unit (NB CCRU), along with members of the Caraquet, Tracadie and Lamèque Detachments, RCMP Police Dog Services and Forensic Identification Services executed a search warrant at a Shippagan residence and in a vehicle on Friday.
During the search, the RCMP says officers seized:
quantity of what they believed to be cocaine
crystal methamphetamine
money
an electronic scale
drug paraphernalia
Some of the drugs found were packaged in multiple small bags.
Emilien Goupil, 84, was arrested at the scene. He appeared in a Bathurst provincial court Monday and was charged with:
trafficking crystal methamphetamine
possession for the purpose of trafficking crystal methamphetamine
trafficking cocaine
possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine
possession of Canadian currency of a value exceeding $5,000 knowing that all or part of the property was obtained by the commission of an offence
He was remanded into custody pending a future court appearance.
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