Grande Prairie Rural RCMP say they found a man slumped over the wheel in a vehicle, in the middle of the road early Saturday morning.
Police said they found Fraser Pearson sound asleep in the vehicle, with alleged drug paraphernalia in plain view.
According to investigators, a search of the vehicle incidental to the arrest resulted in the seizure of:
- $2080 in Canadian currency
- 99 grams of suspected methamphetamine;
- 19 grams of suspected fentanyl;
- Drug trafficking paraphernalia;
- A loaded crossbow;
- A flame thrower; and
- A prohibited knife.
Mounties say that some of the drugs were stored in a backpack labeled “Support your local drug dealer.
As a result of the investigation, the 40-year old Pearson is facing a number of charges including, two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, 2 counts of weapons possession contrary to order and possession of property obtained by crime under $5000.
Pearson was brought before a justice of the peace in Grande Prairie and remanded into custody until his next court appearance.