RCMP in Yellowknife say they have charged two Ontario men “after a routine traffic stop evolved into a drug investigation” that uncovered a pistol stolen in the United States.
In a Monday news release, police said officers who stopped a vehicle in the city on Saturday, June 6 “formed grounds to arrest an individual after he provided false information about his identity to police.”
“The man was taken into custody and a search of his person turned up a quantity of crack-cocaine consistent with trafficking,” police stated, adding investigating officers eventually concluded the man was trafficking drugs from his rented accommodation.
A search of a home on McMahon Court turned up more than $22,000 in cash, police said, alongside about 170 grams of suspected crack cocaine and a loaded pistol “determined to have been stolen in the United States.”
A second Ontario man at the home was also arrested.
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RCMP named 18-year-old Jahiem Steele and 33-year-old Marlon Barrett as those charged. They are accused of offences related to drug trafficking and illegal weapons.
RCMP said both men were already under firearms bans and have been remanded into custody.
