RCMP are reporting that two Ebb and Flow First Nation women have been arrested and face multiple drug related charges resulting from a recent traffic stop in the Rural Municipality of Alonsa, Manitoba.
Earlier in February, officers from Ste. Rose du Lac RCMP attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle on Provincial Road 278, located south of the community of Bacon Ridge in the RM of Alonsa.
Police say that the suspect vehicle failed to stop which resulted in the deployment of a spike belt. The suspect vehicle struck the spike belt and came to a stop a short distance away, near Road 64 W.
Officers proceeded to approach the vehicle and arrested the two female occupants. A search of the two suspects and vehicle led to the seizure of 52 grams of methamphetamine, 6.5 grams of cocaine, over $1,000 in cash and other drug related paraphernalia.
RCMP report that 35-year-old Holly Baptiste and 27-year-old Denee Baptiste, both of Ebb and Flow First Nation, have been charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, flight from police and possession of property obtained by crime. Both are scheduled to appear in Dauphin Provincial Court at a later date.
