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RCMP pull 750 grams of coke off streets
On Friday, March 28, at approximately 2 p.m., members of the Cranbrook/Kimberley RCMP Drug Section and General Investigation Section arrested a 32-year-old Kootenay man roadside in Cranbrook for Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking.
A search of his vehicle resulted in the seizure of 3/4 of a kilogram of cocaine. The man was lodged in Cranbrook cells and later released on a Recognizance before a Judicial Justice of the Peace, on a$5,000 bail with strict conditions including not to be in Cranbrook except to attend court.
Cocaine is usually sold in half to one gram quantities, so 750 grams represents a significant amount, which is now off the streets.
The Cranbrook/Kimberley RCMP is committed to holding thoseĀ individuals in the local drug trade criminally responsible and remindĀ them that under the new Federal Legislation, there is now new mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug offences.
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