Two Burns Lake residents - Travis Randall Larose and Andrew Kim Jack - were recently arrested for possession of a ‘substantial amount’ of drugs and stolen property after they were stopped for travelling under the posted speed limit.
On Saturday Aug. 5, 2017 at 11:15 p.m., members of the Fraser Lake RCMP were patrolling along Hwy. 16 near the Hoy Cross Forest Service Road when they observed the vehicle. As the police could not readily see an obvious reason why the vehicle was travelling so slow, the police stopped the vehicle.
Once the vehicle was stopped, police observed evidence to suspect that the driver was impaired by alcohol.
As police conducted an investigation of impaired driving, they received information from the Burns Lake RCMP of a recent stolen vehicle. The description that was provided matched that of the vehicle that was currently stopped by the Fraser Lake RCMP.
During a search of the vehicle, police found property which they believed to be stolen as well as a substantial amount of drugs. Psilocybin - commonly referred to as ‘magic mushrooms’ - as well as marijuana were located inside the vehicle.
Larose and Jack appeared in the Prince George Provincial Court on August 10 and were both charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of stolen property. Jack has also been charged with two counts of breach of recognizance.
The two men are next scheduled to appear in the Vanderhoof Provincial Court on Sept. 11, 2017.
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An RCMP staff sergeant in Nova Scotia has been charged with drug trafficking after an investigation into the theft of cocaine from an evidence locker last year.
Craig Robert Burnett, 48, is charged with: theft of cocaine, trafficking cocaine, breach of trust and laundering proceeds of crime. Burnett, a 25-year member of the RCMP, is currently suspended with pay.
It was alleged the cocaine had been replaced with another substance and was given to another person, who then sold it and shared the profits. Police say 10 kilograms of cocaine has a street value between $800,000 and $1 million.