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By Shane Clausing

drug bust

Four charged following Grande Prairie, High Level drug trafficking investigation

Oct 23, 2020 | 3:19 PM

Four people have been charged with trafficking cocaine, following a lengthy joint investigation with the High Level RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, High Level RCMP and Grande Prairie Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT).

Members of the joint investigation issued a search warrant on October 1 for a residence in High Level, following two months of investigation in both High Level and Grande Prairie.

The warrant resulted in the seizure of cocaine, cannabis, drug trafficking paraphernalia and a quantity of Canadian currency.

One of the four charged, 19-year-old Jersey Rennie of Paddle Prairie, is facing the following charges:

Possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public
Four counts of fail to comply with conditions
Two counts of trafficking a controlled substance – cocaine
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – codeine
Three counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
Carrying a concealed weapon

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Rennie was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in High Level Porvincial Court on October 26.

Meantime, 42-year-old Douglas Copeland of High Level was charged with:

Two counts of trafficking a controlled substance – cocaine
Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine
Three counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000

Copeland is scheduled to appear in court in High Level on November 2.

RCMP have also issued an arrest warrant for a 37-year-old High Level woman, Randi Lynn Courtoreille. She is charged with:

Two counts of trafficking a controlled substance – cocaine
Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000

If anyone has seen, or has information on Courtoreille’s whereabouts, RCMP asks you to contact High Level RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Another adult male was also arrested and charged with three offences in this case, that have since been dealt with in court.

by Shane Clausing