Cops seize pot from air cargo

Iqaluit RCMP made two drug busts recently.

On April 27 police searched an Iqaluit home and seized one kilogram of marijuana, along with drug-trafficking paraphernalia and an undisclosed amount of cash they believe to be connected with trafficking drugs.

Charmaine Hall, 35, faces charges of a possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. She has been released from custody and is to appear in the Nunavut Court of Justice on July 3.

On April 28 police searched the Canadian North cargo building in Iqaluit and seized half a pound of marijuana, but no charges in connection with the seizure were announced by press-time.