The Inuvik RCMP recently confiscated a substantial amount of cash in a drug investigation.
When carrying out a search warrant at a local hotel for a drug trafficking investigation, Inuvik officers recovered cocaine, pills that are suspected to be opioids, and fifteen thousand dollars in cash.
As the investigation continued, 30-year-old Abubakar Bakal from Edmonton has been charged with:
- Possession of the proceeds of crime
- Possession of a controlled substance relating to cocaine, and
- Possession of a controlled substance relating to opioids.
Inuvik Officers are asking for anyone who may have additional information on this matter to give them a call at 867-777-1111.