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Traffic stop leads to drugs, cash being seized: Kelowna RCMP

A police photo showing the drugs, paraphernalia and money seized during a traffic stop in Kelowna, B.C., on Aug. 1, 2023. Kelowna RCMP

A traffic stop last week, Kelowna, B.C., RCMP say, resulted in more than 1,000 individual doses of drugs being seized.

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Police say the seizure happened on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 1, and involved a white pickup truck near the intersection of Highway 33 and Molnar Road.

Two people were arrested, and the seizure included 56.5 grams of suspected cocaine or crack-cocaine, 68.1 grams of methamphetamine, money, and drug-related paraphernalia.

“The number of drugs seized equates to 565 individual doses of cocaine and 681 individual doses of methamphetamine,” Kelowna RCMP said.

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The two suspects were released pending results of testing on the seized drugs, while the money was seized as proceeds of crime.

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“This simple traffic stop,” said Const. Mike Della-Paolera, “resulted in our officer possibly saving thousands of lives by removing these drugs from our streets.”

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