Two 19-year-olds are facing drug trafficking charges after police found cocaine in a vehicle pulled over due to suspicion of impaired driving in Norway House Oct. 2.
Norway House RCMP received a complaint about an impaired driver in Kinosao Sipi Cree Nation at 4 a.m. Sunday morning and located the suspect vehicle on Highway 373.
Investigation following the traffic stop led to the male driver and female passenger being arrested and police searching the vehicle. In it, they found 42 grams of individually wrapped crack cocaine, 57 grams of powder cocaine, cash, a knife and drug-related paraphernalia. The value of the drugs in the community is estimated to be around $17,000.
The vehicle’s occupants, both from Winnipeg, face charges of cocaine possession, cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. They are scheduled to appear in court in Norway House on Dec. 1.
