A 39-year-old Red Deer County man is facing several charges following a search of a rural property west of Dickson, Alta.
On Nov. 9. 2024, Innisfail RCMP were called to the property for an assault.
While at the property officers developed grounds to believe the suspect was in possession of drugs and illegal weapons.
Police obtained a search warrant for the property and seized the following:
Suspected Cocaine;
Suspected Fentanyl;
Suspected Methamphetamine;
Suspected GHB;
Drug trafficking paraphernalia;
.22 Caliber Handgun;
Sawed off Shotgun (prohibited Firearm);
Long Barrel Rifles(x3);
Shotguns (x3);
Hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Michael Stephanson (39) has been charged with the following offences:
Assault;
Possession for the purpose of trafficking;
Unauthorized possession of firearms;
Possession of firearms w/o holding licence;
Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose.
Stephanson was taken before a Justice of the Peace and release with his next court date set for Nov. 28, 2024 at the Alberta Court of Justice in Red Deer.
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