Pair arrested for cocaine possession, trafficking in Sheshatshiu days before leaders declare drug crisis

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 3:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Police said Thursday officers arrested 2 radical for possession of cocaine successful Sheshatshiu on March 21, 3 days before Innu leaders barricaded entrances to the municipality successful effort to forestall the travel of drugs into the community.

In a quality release, the RCMP says officers arrested the brace astatine a postulation halt and recovered "a quantity of suspected ace cocaine, currency and different items accordant with possession for the intent of trafficking" wrong the vehicle.

Both suspects are acceptable to look successful tribunal connected charges of possession of cocaine and possession for the intent of trafficking cocaine. They were released from custody, according to the release.

The merchandise comes a time aft media wide reported connected assemblage efforts to instal checkpoints astatine some entrances to Sheshatshiu. The bid from Sheshatshiu leaders besides granted community information officers the powerfulness to contradict incoming radical entry.

On Wednesday afternoon, the RCMP said officers successful Sheshatshiu had accompanied assemblage information officers the time before, arsenic they worked to evict immoderate radical who are banned from the community. The RCMP connection said 2 radical left, 1 idiosyncratic refused to leave, and determination was nary effect astatine different homes they visited.

Residents told CBC News earlier this week that the municipality is successful the mediate of a cause crisis, and dozens of residents person attended meetings to sermon a people of enactment to code it.

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