Male charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Methamphetamine

Source: Brandon Police Service Media Releases

At approximately 2:30 pm Police observed a 33-year-old male passenger in the front seat of a vehicle travelling south on 18^th Street. The male was known to police to be on orders to observe a 24-hour curfew in Carberry. The vehicle was subsequently stopped in the 1600 block of 18^th street, and the male arrested for the breach. Upon searching the male, he was found to be in possession of 2.12 grams of Methamphetamine and over $500 in cash. Part of the release conditions the male had been ordered into included granting consent for police to search his residence no more than twice per month. The male’s residence was subsequently searched. At the residence police located a canister of bear mace, and drug trafficking paraphernalia. The male was lodged at Brandon Correctional Centre and will appear today on charges of Breach of Recognizance X 5, Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Methamphetamine, Possession of Proceeds of Crime, Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Weapon, and Possession of a Weapon Contrary to a Probation Order.