From June to July 2019 the Whitecourt General Investigation Section (GIS) in conjunction with the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) engaged in an intelligence led project targeting activities of local street level drug traffickers.
As a result of the project, 31 Criminal Code or Controlled Drugs and Substances Act charges were laid against nine people. The persons charged are as follows:
28-year-old male:
- Trafficking Methamphetamine (X 3)
18-year-old male:
- Trafficking Cocaine
40-year-old male:
- Trafficking Cocaine (X 2)
- Possession of Fentanyl
- Possession of Proceeds of Crime
19-year-old male:
- Trafficking Methamphetamine
- Possession of Ecstasy
- Possession of Proceeds of Crime
39-year-old female:
- Trafficking Methamphetamine
- Possession of Proceeds of Crime
26-year-old male:
- Trafficking Cocaine
23-year-old female:
- Trafficking Cocaine
27-year-old-male:
- Trafficking Methamphetamine (X 3)
- Possession of Methamphetamine
- Possession of Fentanyl
- Possession of Proceeds of Crime
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose (X 2)
- Possession of a Prohibited Weapon
- Possession of a Weapon while Prohibited (X 4)
43-year-old male:
- Trafficking Cocaine (X 3)
- Possession of Proceeds of Crime
The 27-year-old male has been held in custody, and the 43-year-old male has been released on cash bail, with the remainder being released on no-cash bail.
The 26-year-old male and the 28-year-old male remain at large on outstanding warrants.
As this matter is now before the courts, no further information will be provided.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Jacob Christopher Batisse or Trae Jordan Haughie, please contact the Whitecourt RCMP at 780-778-5454 or call your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the "P3 Tips" app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.