A traffic stop in Whitecourt on October 3rd has led to one arrest and what police are calling a “significant drug seizure.”
According to police, Whitecourt RCMP Traffic Services entered into an investigation of a flight from police after an attempted traffic stop for speeding on Highway 43. The RCMP says the vehicle was captured on radar at speeds of more than 200 kilometres per hour.
The RCMP quickly located the vehicle and driver at a local gas station. The lone male driver was arrested and a subsequent investigation was conducted on scene.
As a result of the investigation, an estimated $100K worth of items were seized by police including a loaded nine-millimeter handgun and ammunition, handcuffs, various bags of suspected methamphetamine, cocaine, and psilocybin products, and numerous unstamped tobacco products.
36-year-old Edmonton resident Darren Shannon now faces a litany of charges including alleged possession for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous driving, unlawful possession of tobacco products, and possession of a prohibited weapon along with several other firearms-related offences.
Shannon was brought before a Justice of the Peace and remains in police custody with his next court appearance scheduled for October 8th at the Alberta Court of Justice in Whitecourt.
