RCMP seizes nearly $45K they say is linked to Cambridge Bay assaults
Cash found in Canada Post package mailed to Langley, B.C.
RCMP say a package containing nearly $45,000 in suspected crime proceeds was seized in Langley, B.C., on July 18 during an investigation into July 8 assaults in Cambridge Bay that sent two men to an Edmonton hospital. (File photo)
RCMP say they seized a package containing nearly $45,000 from a British Columbia post office last month as part of an ongoing investigation into a violent assault that took place in Cambridge Bay in July.
The package, mailed from Cambridge Bay to Langley, B.C., was intercepted by RCMP in Langley on July 18 after investigators in Nunavut obtained a search warrant.
Inside, officers found $44,990 in cash, RCMP said in a news release Thursday.
The seizure follows an incident July 8 in Cambridge Bay that left two men hospitalized in Edmonton and led to multiple charges against four individuals, including three from outside Nunavut.
Cambridge Bay RCMP, with assistance from the Iqaluit RCMP’s General Investigative Section, laid charges against the four men on July 10, two days after the reported assault.
As part of the investigation, police traced a suspicious package to the Langley area, the release said.
Authorities say the cash found inside is believed to be tied to criminal activity related to the July 8 incident.
The accused include Hadi Alhashesh, 19, of Chilliwack, B.C., Ly Gabriel Galido, 22, and Ayaan Kamran Warsi, 18, both of Edmonton.
The three appeared in court virtually from the Iqaluit correctional facility on July 29, facing multiple charges including two counts each of aggravated assault and forcible confinement, along with robbery with a firearm and trafficking a controlled substance.
They are scheduled to return to court on Aug. 19.
A fourth accused, Joshua MacPherson, 19, of Cambridge Bay, faces two counts of assault. He was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in court in Cambridge Bay on Sept. 8.
The seized cash is being treated as proceeds of crime, said Sgt. George Henrie, the RCMP spokesperson.
Good Job to the RCMP!
Hope you get the Crack Dealers off the Nunavut Streets too.
Just goes to show how many “CokeHeads” were in CamBay before they became CrackHeads!! Sad! Doesn’t make you cool at all, losers!!
Think of it though, probably happening in most NU towns since they are all just as open to drugs as the next. That’s probably just short-term sales, and all our NU towns are screaming because food vouchers were cut off.
Guess that’s a little bit of insight as to where money is going and why people get so upset about JP ending. They might have to choose now between doing drugs or feeding their kids, suspect though they will still pick the drugs and school food programs and grandparents will have to feed the kids.
“Guess that’s a little bit of insight as to where money is going…”
Nah, sweeping generalizations like this are lazy and meaningless.
Sad Days comment is more on the mark then you think it is.