Editor’s note: Following publication of this report, charges against Abubakar Bakal were stayed in April 2024.
RCMP have charged a man from Edmonton in relation to a drug trafficking investigation in Inuvik.
In a Thursday press release, police said they searched a hotel in Inuvik on March 7 and recovered cocaine, pills suspected to be opioids and $15,000 in cash.
RCMP have charged Abubakar Bakal, 30, with possession of the proceeds of crime and two counts of possessing a controlled substance for allegedly possessing cocaine and opioids.
Bakal is set to appear on the charges in Territorial Court in Inuvik on April 23.
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RCMP are asking anyone with information related to drug trafficking in Inuvik to contact the detachment at 867-777-1111 or Crime Stoppers.
