Courtesy: Valleyview RCMP
Valleyview, Alta. -On June 20, 2023, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a Valleyview RCMP officer located a suspicious vehicle on Range Rd 245 in the MD of Greenview. After an initial investigation, the lone male occupant was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and officers searched the vehicle subsequent to arrest. As a result of the search officers located:
· 132 grams of methamphetamine
· several vials of heroine
· a scale a and drug packaging materials
· Canadian Currency
· a loaded prohibited firearm, bear spray, and an extendable baton.
Jeremy Ian MacNaughton (46), a resident of Grande Prairie, has been charged with:
· Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
· Possession of Heroine for the Purpose of Trafficking
· Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
· 5 firearms related charges
· 5 counts of Failing to Comply with Release Orders
· Possession of Break-in Instruments
· Uttering a Forged Document
MacNaughton has been remanded to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on June 28, 2023.
At the time of his arrest, MacNaughton was on a Release Order for Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking, Possession of Stolen Property, and multiple firearms offences from an arrest in the Grande Prairie area in December 2021.
