On January 27, 2022, Grande Prairie RCMP Municipal Drug Unit, with the assistance of Grande Prairie RCMP Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant within the city of Grande Prairie following a drug trafficking investigation.

During the search, several items were seized including what is believed to be:

·       Approximately 2.16 kilograms of cocaine

·       195 oxycodone pills

·       60 alprazolam pills

Police also seized a loaded Hi-Point 9mm handgun, approximately $10,000 in Canadian Currency and multiple items related to drug trafficking.

Dursa Moume Tofik (38) of Edmonton, Alberta has been charged with:

·       Possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine

·       Possession for the purpose of trafficking alprazolam

·       Possession for the purpose of trafficking oxycodone

·       Unsafe storage of a firearm

·       Unauthorized possession of a firearm

·       Unauthorized possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized

·       Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition

·       Unauthorized possession of a firearm while prohibited

·       Breach of a firearms prohibition

·       Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000

Following a judicial hearing, Dursa Tofik was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in Grande Prairie Provincial Court on Feb. 23, 2022.