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Routine call escalates to major arrest and weapons seizure
On December 27, Cranbrook RCMP was dispatched to the Dollar Tree store parking lot to conduct a check well-being after receiving a report of a woman slumped over in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle.
Officers attended, and spoke with the woman, and through subsequent observations and investigative queries officers formed grounds to detain the woman on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance.
During the detention, she was found to be concealing a prohibited weapon in her jacket, at which time she was arrested.
A search of the vehicle incidental to the arrest resulted in the recovery of stolen property as well as a loaded, unregistered handgun. Officers obtained a search warrant to conduct a further search of the vehicle and located a quantity of a controlled substance consistent with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Cranbrook resident Ashley Nicole Casimer has been remanded into custody and the following charges approved by Crown Counsel:
Three Counts of Fail to Comply with Probation Order – Section 733.1 Criminal Code of Canada;
One Count of Carry Concealed Weapon – Section 99(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
One Count of Occupy Vehicle with Firearm – Section 94(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
One Count of Possess Loaded Prohibited Firearm- Section 95(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
One Count of Careless Use of a Firearm – Section 86(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
One Count of Possess Prohibited Firearm- Section 92(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
Two Counts of Possess Prohibited Device – Section 88(1) Criminal Code of Canada;
Two Counts of Possess Firearm While Prohibited – Section 117.0(1) Criminal Code of Canada.
Cranbrook RCMP is also awaiting laboratory analysis of substances for consideration several additional charges related to Possession of a Controlled Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking.
Photos submitted by Cranbrook RCMP
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