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Innisfail RCMP make drug seizure near Dickson

Nov 12, 2024 | 1:49 PM

Innisfail RCMP have arrested and charged one person in connection to a significant drug seizure which occurred as Mounties were investigating an assault.

On Nov. 9, members were called to a rural property west of Dickson, which is a small community 33 km west of Innisfail.

While at the property for an assault, RCMP developed grounds to believe the suspect possessed drugs and illegal weapons.

A search warrant then obtained allowed for the seizure of:

  • 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, of Red Deer County, is charged with the following:

  • 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 released with his next court date set for Nov. 28 in Red Deer.