Cold Lake RCMP traffic stop results in drug trafficking charges

On Oct. 31, 2024, Cold Lake RCMP conducted a traffic stop with a vehicle within the city of Cold Lake. Police formed grounds that the occupants were involved in illegal drug trafficking and two males were arrested.

During a search incidental to the arrest, police located approximately 135 grams of suspected cocaine, approximately 10 grams of suspected methamphetamine, over $6000.00 in Canadian currency, a loaded sawed-off shotgun, and other paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking.

Police obtained a search warrant for a residence associated to one of the males arrested in Cold Lake South. Members of the Cold Lake RCMP General Investigations Section and General Duty officers executed the search warrant on Nov. 1, 2024. During the search, police located more quantities of suspected cocaine, quantities of suspected fentanyl, ammunition, and body armour.

Persons Charged

Warren Johannesen-Quail, a 34-year-old resident of Cold Lake, has been charged with the following offences:

• Possession for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled substance;
• Possession of a prohibited weapon;
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose;
• Possession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order.

Keenan Plamondon, a 30-year-old resident of Cold Lake has been charged with the following offences:

• Possession of a prohibited weapon;
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Court Appearances

Johannesen-Quail was taken before a Justice of the Peace and released on a Release Order. He is scheduled to appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Cold Lake on Dec. 11, 2024.

Plamondon was taken before a Justice of the Peace and remanded. He is scheduled to appear on Nov. 13, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Cold Lake.