Meth, cocaine and thousands in cash seized in northern Alberta

RCMP seized 4.237 kilograms of methamphetamine, 1.589 kilograms of cocaine and just over $11,000 in Canadian cash after a traffic stop near Clairmont on June 21, 2025. (Supplied)

More than six kilograms of drugs and thousands in cash were seized by RCMP during a traffic stop near Clairmont.

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RCMP said officers on proactive patrol pulled over a vehicle on June 21 and arrested the driver after seeing “drug paraphernalia” inside.

A search of the vehicle revealed more than four kilograms of methamphetamine, more than 1.5 kilograms of cocaine and $11,000 in cash, which officers believe to be proceeds of crime.

“This sizable seizure is estimated to represent as much as 6,000 individual doses, a volume with the potential to deeply affect community health and safety” said RCMP Cpl. Pasquarelli.

The 50-year-old driver, a Grande Prairie man, has been charged with:

• possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking;
• possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking;
• possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000; and
• two counts of failing to comply with a release order

He will appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on Monday.