Dog sniffs out drug stash
Posted May 14, 2010 6:14 pm.
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A seat belt check turned into a big drug bust on the Trans Canada Highway west of Calgary.
RCMP officers had pulled over the driver of an eastbound 2003 Chrysler Intrepid Silverado for a seat belt infraction near Lake Louise Thursday.
Then, a sharp-nosed drug dog turned up more than $1.2 million worth of contraband in a hidden compartment. The mounties seized 10 kilograms of cocaine, 1 kilogram of crack cocaine and approximately 1000 Oxycodone 80 mg pills.
Sergeant Patrick Webb says it looks like the driver was on a regular drug run.
35 year-old Bradley Derkson from Surrey, BC has been charged with drug trafficking and is being held in custody until his next court date on Monday.
