Three Corner Brook residents charged by JFO West in drug trafficking investigation

August 4, 2023
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

News release

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A quantity of cash, baggies containing illicit drugs, two phones and a laptop sit on a table. In the middle is a sign with this wording: RCMP-RNC JFO WEST GRC-RNC GAIO.

Three Corner Brook residents were arrested on July 26, 2023, as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation by the RCMP-RNC Joint Forces Operations West (JFO West).

Twenty-nine-year-old Travis Chambers is charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Cocaine.

Police officers executed a search warrant at the residence of Chambers in Corner Brook, authorized under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, and also searched his vehicle. A quantity of cocaine and cash, among other items, were seized. See attached photo.

Also arrested were twenty-six-year-old Brittany Lawlor, who is charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Cocaine, and thirty-year-old Alex Payne, who is charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking in Cocaine and Breach of Release Order.

All three will appear in court at a later date.

JFO West, which includes dedicated police officers from both the RCMP and RNC, targets drug trafficking and organized crime on the west coast of the province.

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Contact information

Strategic Communications and Media Relations Unit
RCMP NL
rcmp.nl.media-medias.tnl.grc@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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