Two arrested in High Level for drugs and loaded firearm

Aug 4, 2025 | 9:00 AM

The Alberta RCMP’s Community Response Team, with assistance from the High Level RCMP have seized a loaded firearm, cocaine, and Canadian currency following a traffic stop last month.

On July 31, 2025, Mounties arrested 41-year-old High Level resident Jennifer Gervais and 31-year-old High Level resident Cheri Metchooyeah on Highway 58.

Prior to their arrest, police executed a search warrant on a residence in that community.

As a result of the investigation and subsequent search warrant, police located and seized:

167 grams of cocaine
352 grams of cannabis
A loaded 9mm handgun
2 Rolex watches
3 cartons of unstamped tobacco
Cellphones
$6,110 Canadian currency

Gervais and Metchooyeah have been jointly charged with:

Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine
Possession of Proceeds of Crime
Possession of a Firearm knowing that the serial number had been altered
Possession of a Prohibited Weapon while being Prohibited
Possession of a Firearm in a motor vehicle

Both were remanded into custody and are to appear in the Chateh Court of Justice on August 6, 2025.

by Erika Rolling