AMHERST, N.S. – On March 2, 2018, the Cumberland County Integrated Street Crime Unit, with the assistance of the Cumberland District RCMP and Amherst Police Department, arrested two people during a traffic stop on Laplanche St. in Amherst. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine tablets, cocaine packaged for resale, cash and other items indicative of drug trafficking.
RCMP did not identify the 28-year-old woman from Aulac, N.B, who was released from custody. She is scheduled to appear in Amherst Provincial Court on April 23, 2018, for the following charges:
– Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
– Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
Thirty-three-year-old Steven Matthew Wilson of Springhill was remanded into custody after being charged with the following offences:
– Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
– Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
– Breach of Probation
Wilson will attend Amherst Provincial Court on Monday March 5, 2018, and Moncton Provincial Court on June 19, 2018, to answer to his charges.
