Calgary police seize multiple guns, drugs from woman asleep in car in SE Prestwick
Posted Aug 22, 2025 2:38 pm.
Last Updated Aug 22, 2025 2:43 pm.
Officers seized several guns and $17,000 worth of drugs after arresting a woman found asleep in her car in the southeast Calgary area of Prestwick.
It happened on Aug. 11 at around 3:40 a.m., when police received reports of a “suspected car” driving around the 1100 block of Prestwick Close SE.
While searching the area, officers say they found a vehicle with a mismatched license plate and a sleeping woman in the back seat. They arrested her, determining she was “in breach of release conditions.”
Police seized a Churchill shotgun and shells, a replica handgun, a “conducted energy weapon,” 147.5 grams of fentanyl, drug paraphernalia, a couple of cellphones, and several items they believe were stolen.
The woman, 26-year-old Samara Maria Astalnok, faces 13 charges that include possession of a prohibited and unlicensed weapon, careless storage of a firearm, tampering with a firearm’s serial number, failure to comply with a release order, and four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
She will appear in court on Aug. 27.
Calgary police ask anyone with information about suspicious activity in the communities of Prestwick, New Brighton and Copperfield between the late evening of Sunday, Aug. 10 and the early morning of Monday, Aug. 11, to contact them at 403-266-1234 or leave a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
