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Midway RCMP seize suspected drugs in city traffic stop

Mounties found suspected cocaine and meth after a Midway traffic stop
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Midway RCMP said Mounties seized the suspected crack and powered cocaine and methamphetamine shown here from a car pulled over in Midway Thurs. afternoon, Oct. 29. Photo courtesy of Cpl. Phil Peters

Midway RCMP seized substantial amounts of suspected cocaine and methamphetamine in a traffic stop Thursday, Oct. 29.

Police arrested a man and a woman in their early 50s, both since released, after pulling over the male driver in Midway at around 3:30 p.m, Cpl. Phil Peters told The Times. Peters said the pair live in the West Kootenays.

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The driver was given a 24-hour driving suspension under the Motor Vehicle Act after failing a roadside sobriety test.

The seizure netted nearly 250 grams of what Peters believed to be rock and powdered cocaine, nearly 120 grams of suspected methamphetamine, as well as a loaded syringe believed to contain drugs.


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