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By Tanner Smith

RCMP

CRU traffic stop leads to collision and arrest

Mar 3, 2023 | 1:06 PM

An attempted traffic stop on a vehicle associated with a male with outstanding warrants led the Grande Prairie Crime Reduction Unit to arrest an adult male and female youth passenger.

On February 23 Mounties from the CRU attempted a traffic stop on the associated vehicle, at which point the vehicle tried to flee but collided with a second police vehicle that was arriving to assist. Nobody was injured during the collision but both vehicles were damaged.

Mounties did search the vehicle turning up a number of illegal items:

• A loaded Ruger pistol with the serial number removed
• 30 grams of suspected cocaine
• Drug packaging materials
• Brass knuckles
• $3800 in Canadian Currency

Twenty-two-year-old Andrew Moores of Grande Prairie is facing multiple charges including:

• Flight from police
• Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• Possession for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled substance (Cocaine)
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• Unsafe storage of a firearm
• Carry concealed weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
• Possession of a prohibited firearm in a motor vehicle
• Possession of a loaded prohibited firearm
• Possession of a firearm knowing the serial number on it had been removed
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm while prohibited
• Failing to comply with release conditions (x3)

Moores was remanded into custody following his arrest and is expected in Grande Prairie Provincial Court March 20.

The 17-year-old female passenger, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was also charged with numerous offenses, including six firearms-related offenses. She was released on an undertaking and set to appear in court April 5.