An Olds resident faces charges after a search warrant was recently executed at a local hotel room.
While continuing an on going drug investigation, Olds RCMP initially attended the room on August 31st. Officers observed a quantity of what they believed to be Fentanyl after engaging with the room’s occupant and being invited into it.
At that time, the man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and the room was secured. Police say a warrant to search was obtained.
The search warrant was executed on September 1st by the Olds RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, Olds RCMP, Didsbury RCMP, along with the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team (CLEAR).
Mounties say they seized approximately 560 grams of suspected fentanyl, just under 100 grams of suspected cocaine, 12 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 680 contraband cigarettes, along with other items often used when trafficking drugs.
Jacob Donkin, a 25-year-old man from Olds, has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, mischief, and two provincial offences relating to the cigarettes. Following a judicial interim release hearing, he was released and is slated to appear in court in Didsbury on October 21st.