RCMP seize $30,000 in dope destined for Pangnirtung

An Iqaluit man faces one count of drug trafficking after Iqaluit RCMP seized about $32,000 of marijuana en route to Pangnirtung.

Roberto Desousa Matias, 26, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Jan. 6, 2003, in connection with the bust.

Seven charged in connection with $7,500 drug bust

The RCMP’s Nunavut Drug Section arrested seven people on Nov. 8 in connection with a marijuana drug bust at two Iqaluit residences.

Timmy Noah, 37, Monie Ineak, 41, Anirgnik Ineak, 46, Natia Illauq, 18, Andrew Papatsie, 18, Ahme Peter, 30, and Sylvia Aula, 21, each face one count of conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance.

Six of the seven people charged were released and are scheduled to make their first court appearance on Jan. 6, 2003. Timmy Noah was remanded in custody. His bail hearing was scheduled for Nov. 14.