Lethbridge Police have charged a 34-year-old male with drug and weapons offences following a traffic stop for bicycle equipment violations. (Photo: Lethbridge Police Service)

By Christian Oldale

Lethbridge man facing multiple drug, weapons charges following bike stop

Sep 20, 2024 | 2:31 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a man with multiple drug and weapons offenses following a bike stop.

On September 18, 2024, around 7 p.m., police observed a group of people in the downtown core and noted a man on a bicycle which did not have brakes or a bell/horn visible. Officers approached the man but before he fled on his bicycle, ignoring directions to stop.

Police located the man in a parking long along the 200 block of Scenic Drive South. He allegedly resisted arrest, but was apprehended.

During a search incidental to arrest, police seized:

• 200 street doses of methamphetamine
• 170 doses of fentanyl
• cash proceeds of crime
• drug paraphernalia including multiple scales and packaging
• two collapsible batons
• a hatchet
• three knives

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Joshua Christian James Myers, 34, of Lethbridge, is charged with:

• two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking
• four counts of possession of a dangerous weapon
• two counts of carrying a concealed weapon
• possession of the proceeds of crime
• obstructing a peace officer
• resisting arrest

Myers was also issued multiple provincial violation tickets. He was released from custody with numerous conditions and is scheduled to appear in court October 18.

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