A three-day police blitz in and around Grand Rapids, Man., led to a man wanted on attempted murder charges, netted two people now charged with drug trafficking and other offences and resulted in other seizures and charges.
Alexander Joe Sanderson, 20, was arrested in Winnipeg after the RCMP division action response team (DART) in Grand Rapids was given information about his location.
Sanderson was wanted on two charges of attempted murder that were laid after two men were shot at while riding an ATV in Grand Rapids on July 8. A 22-year-old was taken to a Winnipeg hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries, while an 18-year-old who was also on the ATV wasn’t injured.
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During its July 18-20 deployment, the DART also searched a home in Grand Rapids and seized cocaine allegedly packaged for sale, more than $1,400 cash and drug paraphernalia, RCMP said.
Kenneth Robert Sanderson, 31, and Lana Spence, 27, were arrested and charged with possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possessing the proceeds of crime. Sanderson was released on bail but Spence is being held in custody.
Police also did two evening checkstops on Highway 6 near Grand Rapids and Highway 327 near Chemawawin, checking more than 500 vehicles.
Those checks resulted in three drug seizures, one proceeds of crime investigation, one case of a driver refusing to take a Breathalyzer, one breach of a court undertaking, three Liquor Control Act charges and 45 Highway Traffic Act charges.
The RCMP division action response team takes officers from across the province and redeploys them to help RCMP detachments in areas with emerging public safety concerns.
The DART was first deployed to Norway House from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 to respond to concerns about increasing calls for police to deal with impaired driving and the transport of alcohol into the dry community. The DART has also been used to deal with traffic enforcement issues in high-traffic areas.
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