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By Sheldon Spackman

July 2024

Preliminary hearing scheduled for pair charged in Red Deer drug trafficking investigation

Jan 30, 2024 | 10:26 AM

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for two people charged in a Red Deer drug trafficking investigation.

Tristyn Rawlins, 25, and Simon Emmerson Williamson, 23, both of Red Deer, are scheduled to find out in Red Deer Court of Justice on July 26, 2024, if their case has enough evidence to go to trial.

RCMP say that in September of last year, a lengthy investigation began. On Nov. 2, 2023, a search warrant was executed at a home in the Lancaster neighbourhood.

The search led to police finding various controlled substances in varying quantities, plus firearms, weapons and other property related to the production and sale of controlled substances, they say.

Items seized include:

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• Cocaine, acid, methamphetamine
• 500 pills of Oxycodone
• A shotgun, two rifles, a stolen semi-automatic handgun
• ammunition
• three tasers

RCMP say both Tristyn Rawlins and Simon Williamson, were arrested and charged with the following offences:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine.
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking other controlled substance.
• Possession of anything used to produce or traffick in controlled substances.
• Possession of Restricted Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm/Prohibited or Restricted Weapon (x 6)

Red Deer RCMP say they are committed to keeping the community safe. Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2200. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.

Related: Pair of Red Deer men arrested in drug trafficking investigation

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