Cochrane RCMP was able to make a significant arrest yesterday (August 1) which is only one part of a bigger puzzle.

While enforcing traffic safety laws on Highway 40 just north of Highway 1A, they stopped a vehicle which was found to be stolen.

The 39-year-old female driver and 42-year-old male occupant both of Calgary were arrested and a subsequent search of the stolen vehicle revealed a much broader tie to criminal activity with weapons and drugs being seized and recovered in the search, including:

  • ·Marijuana
  • ·Methamphetamine
  • ·Fentanyl
  • ·Two cans of bear spray
  • ·A knife
  • ·Ammunition
  • ·Counterfeit $100 bills

The two are currently being held in custody and are awaiting a hearing before a Justice of the Peace on a significant number of Criminal Code charges and outstanding warrants. RCMP anticipate more information will be released later today. "It is definitely related to a lot of other occurrences within the past six months or so and we're just going through them now and linking them all together."