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Sept. 29, 2022

Preliminary hearing set for significant Red Deer drug seizure

Jan 7, 2022 | 11:26 AM

A preliminary hearing date has been set for three of four individuals charged in a significant drug, weapons, and stolen property seizure in Red Deer last year.

Anthony James White, 41, Stephanie Johnson, 37, and Keira Marie Hopkins, 22, all of Red Deer, will see on Sep. 29 if their case has enough evidence to go to trial.

The trio, along with a fourth individual, were charged in June 2021 after local Mounties searched a property in Red Deer’s Riverside Meadows the month before and found a large amount of illicit drugs, weapons, and stolen property.

RCMP’s investigation into the property began in late April 2021.

Inside the residence, members of Red Deer RCMP’s General Investigation Section (GIS) seized:

  • 475 grams of marijuana
  • 27 grams of cocaine
  • 29 grams of DMT
  • 5 grams of fentanyl
  • 167 grams of MDMA
  • 773 grams of methamphetamine
  • 1979 grams of psilocybin
  • 19 litres of GHB
  • 1 semi-automatic prohibited shotgun
  • $20,616 CDN

Also located in a garage on the property, were two stolen all-terrain vehicles, say RCMP.

  • A stolen 2020 Can Am Outlander quad
  • A stolen Konker motorcycle

The fourth individual charged, Richard Dryborough-Browes, 51, of Red Deer, is scheduled to return to Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 13 for election and plea.