Earlier this month, police stopped a vehicle without a license plate on Stoney Nakoda First Nation. One of the passengers was Dennis Lyndon Wildman, a 44-year-old resident of the First Nation.
Wildman is a very popular man, at least with the cops. He had several outstanding warrants, which led to his arrest at the traffic stop. Police also search Wildman and found illicit drugs in his possession.
âFurther investigation revealed over $2,000 in Canadian currency, 25 grams of Fentanyl, scales, multiple cell phones and other drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle,â said Cochrane RCMP public information officer Cst. Bonnie Sauve.
Fentanyl is no joke. The most recent government data shows that 613 people in Alberta died from toxic drug poisoning between January and April.
That’s a six percent increase compared to the same time last year. Nine out of ten of these people died from fentanyl, an extremely potent opioid drug.
“The most recent drug fatality data confirms why addressing drug use and illicit trafficking must be top of mind…, Dan Williams, Alberta’s mental health and addictions Minister, told CTV News.
Fentanyl is lethal. One kilogram can potentially kill 500,000 people. Just two milligrams – less than a quarter teaspoon – of fentanyl can be deadly, depending on a person’s body size, tolerance, and past usage.
Wildman is charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a prohibited weapon, and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Another passenger in the vehicle, 38-year-old Jace Kara Fox of Brocket, is also charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Wildman is in custody and will appear in Cochrane’s Alberta Court of Justice at the beginning of August. Fox was released but is scheduled to appear in Cochrane at the same time.
