EDMONTON – Police have arrested six people and laid over 80 charges in connection with a drug and firearm investigation.
Police stopped a suspicious vehicle in the area of 111 Avenue and 149 Street on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 25.
After determining there were grounds for searching the vehicle, officers found a loaded firearm, cocaine, meth, heroin, Dexedrine pills and cash.
The two people in the vehicle, 48-year-old Jody Mongeon and 19-year-old Taylor Bellegarde, were arrested.
Another investigation led to a search warrant for a home linked to Mongeon and Bellegarde.
During a search of the home in the area of 127 Street and 123 A Avenue, officers found multiple firearms, identity documents and stolen property.
Four other people were arrested at the home: James Knee, 28; Tamara Manning, 36; Asceneao Skorepa, 28; and Justin Crawford, 32.
A total of six adults were arrested and 83 criminal charges were laid, including:
- 36 firearm charges
- two other weapon charges
- seven drug trafficking charges
- seven drug possession charges
- 14 possession of stolen property charges
- five possession of stolen identity documents
- four breach of condition charges
Edmonton police continue to investigate.
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