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By Tanner Smith

RCMP

Peace River RCMP using previous information led to an arrest

Feb 7, 2023 | 3:52 PM

Peace River RCMP used information gathered from an earlier investigation to execute a search warrant on two separate properties within Peace River, stemming from what they call a significant drug and firearm investigation.

On February 3, at 6:15 a.m. Peace River Mounties, with the support of the Western Alberta Crime Reduction Unit and the RCMP Emergency Response Team, seized a number of illegal items:

• Two loaded prohibited handguns
• One 12 gauge shotgun
• 564.5 grams of suspected cocaine
• 48.8 grams of suspected methamphetamine
• 10.1 grams of suspected fentanyl

Forty-three-year-old Bradley Victor Morency of Peace River is facing 13 charges, including:

• Possession of a prohibited firearm
• Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
• Possession of a weapon obtained by an offense
• Possession of a firearm contrary to order (x2)
• Careless use of a firearm (x2)
• Tampering with a serial number
• Possession of a scheduled substance for the purposes of trafficking (x3)
• Failure to comply with conditions of release (x2)

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Morency was remanded into custody and expected in Peace River Provincial Court on February 13.

He and co-accused Shauna Pope are due back in Peace River court on Friday, February 10 in relation to a 2019 arrest where drugs, weapons, and body armor were seized from a rural property.