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Police seize drugs and guns

A discovery of drugs during a traffic stop was parlayed into a search warrant Wednesday on two homes that yielded a seizure of more drugs as well as two firearms, according to RCMP.
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A discovery of drugs during a traffic stop was parlayed into a search warrant Wednesday on two homes that yielded a seizure of more drugs as well as two firearms, according to RCMP.

The traffic stop, conducted as part of an ongoing investigation by the detachment's street crew unit, yielded quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl were found in the vehicle, RCMP said.

They followed up by executing search warrants on homes in the 2200 block of Spruce Street and the 700 block of Johnson Street. From those homes, various amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl, along with drug trafficking paraphernalia, a loaded revolver and a loaded semiautomatic rifle.

The revolver was found to have been stolen from another community, police added.

Three men and one woman were arrested and later released, pending pending further investigation and charge approval from federal Crown counsel.