Loon Lake RCMP has charged Robert Plourde, a 29-year-old resident of Onion Lake Cree Nation, after officers found cocaine and methamphetamine etc. in his car.
On Feb. 18 at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling on Highway #26 approximately 20 kilometres south of Loon Lake.
During the traffic stop, officers observed signs of drug trafficking. The driver and three occupants of the vehicle – one adult female and three adult males – were arrested.
While searching the vehicle, officers located and seized approximately 184 grams of cocaine, 34 grams of methamphetamine, a baton, approximately $1,300 cash and other evidence of drug trafficking.
Plourde was charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code; and
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code.
The three other individuals arrested were released without charges.
Plourde made his first appearance in provincial court in Loon Lake on Feb. 20.
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