RCMP seizes 101 kg of marijuana from car on Alaska Highway; two charged
The RCMP stopped a car on the Alaska Highway south of Whitehorse and found 101.25 kilograms of marijuana hidden in a skidoo deck, the largest drug seizure in Yukon's history at the time; two British Columbia men were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
🇨🇦 Alaska Highway south of Whitehorse, Yukon · Yukon, Canada
On the afternoon of 27 May 2005 the RCMP stopped a vehicle on the Alaska
Highway south of Whitehorse, detained its two passengers and seized the
car.[1]A search by the RCMP Police Dog Service Unit found 101.25 kilograms
(225 pounds) of marijuana hidden in a secret compartment inside a skidoo
deck, equal to roughly 33,750 to 55,625 joints taken off the streets.[1]The seizure was the largest in Yukon’s history at the time, and the
Whitehorse Star later listed it among the year’s top ten stories.[1][2]
Kurtis Ray Croy, 33, and Kyle MacDonald-Wolochatiuk, 30, both of Squamish,
British Columbia, were arrested without incident and each charged with one
count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.[1]The
Star recorded the seizure as 101 kilograms of marijuana taken from a car
headed toward Whitehorse.[2]
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