On March 14, 2024, Grande Prairie RCMP Drug section, with assistance from Grande Prairie RCMP Police Dog Services and Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, executed a search warrant at a residence in the Countryside South area of Grande Prairie.

As a result of the search warrant, the following items were seized:

  • 110.4 grams of cocaine;
  • $23,378 in Canadian Currency; and
  • Drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Jamal Mustafa (19), a resident of Edmonton, Lenz Thorsten (56), a resident of Sangudo, Alta., and Dawn Purschke (45), a resident of Whitecourt, Alta., have been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime.

Mustafa, Thorsten and Purschke were released on conditions and are to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Grande Prairie on April 29,2024.

 

Information provided by the Grande Prairie RCMP

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