Police dog helps out in drug bust at Deer Lake home
Thanks to the help of an enterprising police service dog, a Deer Lake man has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Deer Lake RCMP said in a statement that a 20-year-old man was arrested overnight Feb. 9 following the execution of a search warrant at his home on Nicholsville Road.
With aid from the RCMP's serious crimes unit and the police service dog Fargo, RCMP officials went into the home and seized more than eight pounds of marijuana, 62 grams of cannabis resin, and 71 oxycodone pills.
It wasn't the first time the suspect has had trouble with the law, or that a search warrant has been executed at his home.
On Sept. 19, police executed a search warrant and found marijuana, cocaine, pills and $11,000 in cash at the man's residence.
He was charged at that time with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and a breach of recognizance.
RCMP officials said on Wednesday that he has now been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in oxycodone, marijuana and cannabis resin.
The man had been under house arrest through a conditional sentencing order, but because of his arrest and additional charges on Tuesday, this has been revoked.
He will now serve out the remainder of his previous sentence in custody for 117 days, and will appear back in court for the charges arising from his arrest this week on March 29.
