RCMP in Jasper and Canmore make significant drug bust

Mounties in Alberta’s mountain park region seized a large amount of illegal drugs and arrested three people during two separate traffic stops in mid-April. In the first stop, on April 9 near the Town of Jasper, police stopped a vehicle for speeding. When the officer approached the vehicle, they witnessed a number of items related to drug trafficking. The driver was arrested and a subsequent search of the vehicle discovered:1.8 kilograms of cocaine and phenacetin 250 grams of methamphetamin