About $100,000 worth of a variety of drugs was found inside a suitcase at the Edmonton International Airport that was headed across the country last month.
On July 31, RCMP at the airport were alerted to a suspicious suitcase that was heading to St. John’s, N.L.
Police searched the suitcase and said they two kilograms of hashish, four kilograms of marijuana and a large quantity of pills including fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine as well as a number of other controlled drugs.
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“This represents a significant seizure of illegal drugs and will ensure that these drugs won’t make it to the streets of St. John’s,” EIA RCMP Detachment Commander Sgt. Beth Philipp said.
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Leo Francis Shute, 45, was charged with nine counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking. His next court appearance is in Leduc on Aug. 16.
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