Courtesy RCMP
A drug trafficking investigation in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia which began last October has led to eight arrests.
Police in Cumberland County and Sackville RCMP carried out search warrants last month in Moncton and Sackville.
Authorities have seized cocaine, methamphetamine, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), prescription drugs, items possibly used to produce cocaine, a handgun with a silencer, a money counter, cash, red and blue “police style” lights and siren, a radio with access to police communications and cellular phones.
Eight men and women each face numerous firearms and/or drug related charges as follows:
- Taylor Cole, 26, of Sackville, New Brunswick, is charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance (3 counts), Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Controlled Substance (2 counts), Possession of a Stolen Restricted Firearm, Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm, Possession of a Prohibited Device (4 counts), Careless Use of a Firearm, Unsafe Storage of a Firearm, Possession of Proceeds of Crime and Failure to Comply with a Release Order. Cole has been remanded into custody and will appear in court on March 4.
- Colt Leblanc, 37, of Upper Sackville, New Brunswick, is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking and Possession of Proceeds of Crime. Leblanc will appear in court on June 20.
- Normand Gautreau, 28, of Memramcook, New Brunswick, is charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime (3 counts), Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking and Theft of a Motor Vehicle, Dangerous Operation of a Conveyance, Flight from Police and Resisting Arrest. Gautreau will appear in court on March 21.
- Brittany Allen, 32, and Katherine Johnson, 30, both of Sackville, New Brunswick, are charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (2 counts) and Unauthorized Possession of a Restricted Firearm. Allen will appear in court on June 24 and Johnson will appear in court on July 22.
- Simon Chipper, 41, of Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, is charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance. Chipper will appear in court on June 24.
- Cheryl Trenholm, 26, of Sackville, New Brunswick, is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (2 counts). Trenholm will appear in court on March 4.
- Marilyn Jane Burden, 38, of Amherst, Nova Scotia, is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking, Theft of a Motor Vehicle and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime (3 counts). Burden will appear in court at a later date.
Police add the investigation continues and further charges are anticipated.
