Sask. RCMP charge two SE Alberta men with drug-related offences
By Alberta Newspaper Group on May 20, 2020.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Roving Traffic Unit makes big drug seizures over three day period, arrests include Ralston and Dunmore men Contributed In the afternoon of May 13, a westbound vehicle was stopped on Highway 1 west of Swift Current to check for a valid driver’s licence. Both occupants were found to be in possession of a large amount of Canadian currency and were subsequently arrested for being in possession of proceeds of crime. A search of the vehicle incidental to the arrests resulted in the seizure of 8.5 pounds of cannabis edibles and a large amount of cash. Ivan Lee Knourek, 53, from Dunmore, and Shawn Allen La Faver, 54, from Ralston, were each charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of distribution, distributing illicit cannabis and possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000. Both will be making their first court appearance in Swift Current Provincial Court in September. 6-5
