Items seized by the Lethbridge Police Service on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo: LPS)

By David Opinko

Lethbridge Police charge four with drug & weapons offences

Sep 26, 2025 | 2:55 PM

Four people were taken into custody following the search of a vehicle in Lethbridge.

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, they received a report of a suspicious vehicle that was illegally parked in an alley.

Officers say they found open liquor and tax-exempt cigarettes in the truck.

A subsequent search of the vehicle and four suspects allegedly turned up 28.7 grams of marihuana in unlabelled packaging, 2.4 grams of cocaine, 2.7 grams of fentanyl and 5.8 grams of methamphetamine, along with one restricted shotgun, two baseball bats and numerous knives.

Lauren Frances Korczak, 41, of Lethbridge, received several drug-related tickets and is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm/weapon in a vehicle, knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, failing to comply with the conditions of an undertaking, and four counts of failing to comply with the conditions of a release order. Following a Judicial Interim Release hearing, Korczak was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on October 16, 2025.

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Chad William Mondoux, 35, of Lethbridge, is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm/weapon in a vehicle, knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm, three counts of possessing a prohibited firearm, and possession of a controlled substance. Following a Judicial Interim Release hearing, Mondoux was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on October 16, 2025.

Anna Kathrin Switzer, 35, of Lethbridge, received several traffic and drug-related tickets and is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm/weapon in a vehicle and knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm. Following a Judicial Interim Release hearing, Switzer was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on September 29, 2025.

Lisa Michelle Plato (Vold), 46, of Lethbridge, is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm/weapon in a vehicle and knowingly possessing an unauthorized firearm. Following a Judicial Interim Release hearing, Plato (Vold) was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on November 5, 2025.