On October 12, 2024 at approximately 3:00 a.m., Île-à-la-Crosse RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Highway #155 near Île-à-la-Crosse.
During the traffic stop, officers located and seized a small amount of cocaine, a large sum of cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia. The adult male driver and adult female passenger were arrested at the scene.
As a result of investigation, 46-year-old Jamey Hanson and 31-year-old Ashley Desjarlais, both from Buffalo Narrows, were charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code.
Hanson and Desjarlais will appear in Meadow Lake Provincial Court on October 15, 2024.