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By Shane Clausing

RCMP

RCMP arrests three following drug trafficking, weapons offences

Dec 13, 2021 | 12:24 PM

The Grande Prairie RCMP says they have arrested and charged three people for various drug trafficking and weapons offences.

In October of 2021, the Grande Prairie Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) and Combined Enforcement Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) began a drug trafficking investigation in Grande Prairie.

On December 3, ALERT and the CFSEU were able to obtain search warrants for a vehicle and a residence in Grande Prairie. The search warrant was conducted on that date, with help from the Grande Prairie RCMP and RCMP Police Dog Service.

Throughout the search of the vehicle, RCMP members located and seized a quantity of cocaine and Canadian currency.

Inside the residence, police located and seized clothing with police markings, three shotguns, an automatic rifle, over 1000 rounds of assorted ammunition, drug paraphernalia and numerous unknown pills.

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Mounties have charged 35-year-old Adam Thomas David Garlow, 26-year-old Danielle Sheri Sutherland and 30-year-old Dustin Franklin Russel, all of Grande Prairie with the following charges:

• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (x5).
• Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Firearm.
• Unsafe Storage of a Firearm.

Adam Thomas David Garlow is additionally charged with:

• Trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine) (x2)
• Failure to Comply with Release Order (x2)

Danielle Sheri Sutherland is additionally charged with:

• Trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine)

Dustin Franklin Russell is additionally charged with:

• Trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine)
• Possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine)
• Possession of Proceeds of Crime under $5,000
• Possession of a weapon while prohibited

Following judicial hearings, Garlow was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Grande Prairie Provincial Court on Dec. 13, 2021.

Sutherland and Russell were released to attend Grande Prairie Provincial Court on Jan. 5, 2022.