Drumheller RCMP seized a one-kilo brick of cocaine following a traffic stop on Sunday evening.
Drumheller RCMP made a sizable seizure and have charged two B.C. residents after discovering a kilo of what is believed to be cocaine in their car.
On Sunday, July 28, just before midnight, the Drumheller RCMP were conducting a check stop near the Gordon Taylor Bridge in Drumheller when they stopped a rental car.
Following a conversation with the occupants and based on the officer’s training and experience, he determined there were reasonable grounds to suspect contraband in the motor vehicle.
The occupants of the car were arrested and the vehicle was searched. Police located a one-kilo brick of what appears to be cocaine as well as a small baggie. It appears the drugs were destined for Saskatchewan.
Broken down to the street level, its value could be $100,000.
On July 29, Mohammad Ghasemi Nejad Kermani, 34, and Jennifer Yim Wa Li, 27, both of Vancouver, were charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking.
Both have been released on cash deposits recognizances and are slated to appear in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, August 16.