RCMP release:
The East Hants District RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) seized quantities of illicit drugs and charged two women and a man after a proactive traffic stop.
On March 17, the East Hants District RCMP SCEU, in partnership with the Halifax Regional Police Quick Response Unit, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Hwy. 102 in Lantz as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
Officers safely arrested the three occupants of the vehicle and seized a quantity of cocaine, prescription pills, cash, scales, baggies, hidden compartments, and other drug paraphernalia.
“This arrest is a clear example of proactive enforcement, supported by criminal intelligence and strong partnerships with other police agencies,” says Cpl. Evan Collier, East Hants District RCMP.
Amanda Marie Dalrymple, 30, of Fall River, Dylan Mombourquette, 32, of Shubenacadie, and Tanya Tattrie, 58, of Elmsdale are each charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (two counts) and Possession for of Property Obtained by Crime.
Mombourquette is facing additional charges of Breach of Conditions (two counts).
Dalrymple and Mombourquette appeared in Truro Provincial Court on March 18. Tattrie was released by police pending a future court appearance.
