(Photo provided by Red Deer RCMP)
On Oct. 30, the Red Deer RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS), and the Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team arrested two individuals for drug trafficking.
Through an investigation, police executed search warrants at a motel room and a motor vehicle in North Red Deer.
As a result of the investigation, police seized several items and controlled substances, including fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, Canadian currency, two firearms, other weapons, and items related to the trafficking of controlled substances.
Destiny Green, a 26-year-old resident of Red Deer, and Taylor Bye, a 31-year-old resident of Red Deer, have been charged with the following:
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Possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking
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Possess items used to traffic in controlled substances
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Unauthorized possession of a firearm
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Possession of a firearm knowing possession is unauthorized
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Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
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Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose x2
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Unsafe storage of a firearm
Green is also charged with:
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Fail to comply with firearms prohibition
Both Green and Bye were taken before a Justice of the Peace and were remanded into custody.
They are scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 7, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer.
“The harm caused by fentanyl trafficking shows itself in many different ways,” said Cst. Andrew Devine of Red Deer RCMP GIS. “Any time police remove these dangerous substances from our neighbourhoods, we are making our community safer.”
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