By Aaron Mahoney

Lethbridge Police charge local man with drug trafficking offences

Apr 12, 2019 | 1:48 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a 48-year-old man with drug trafficking offences after a recent vehicle stop.

According to police, at 8 p.m. on April 5 a member of the Downtown Policing Unit saw a truck being driven erratically around the downtown library and quickly initiated a traffic stop.

Jason Anthony Morin was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia while driving, and his male passenger was found in possession of stolen property and placed under arrest.

Following a search incidental to arrest, police seized just under $1,000 in cash, a vial containing methamphetamine that was concealed in the male’s waistband and a second vial containing suspected purple carfentanil.

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The street value of the carfentanil is estimated at $12,000 and the methamphetamine at $400.

Morin, of Lethbridge, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of the proceeds of crime, possession of a stolen credit card and breach of probation.

He made his first court appearance April 9.