Two arrested and cocaine seized following vehicle check on the west coast

The RCMP-RNC Joint Forces Operation West conducted a check on a suspicious vehicle overnight that resulted in the arrest of 25-year-old Brianna Lavers and 24-year-old Bobby Sheppard, both of Deer Lake.

Just before 3:00 a.m. police approached a parked vehicle on Pynn’s Brook Road in Pynn’s Brook and determined that Lavers and Sheppard were both in breach of court ordered conditions.

Police conducted a search of the vehicle and a quantity of crack cocaine and more than 14 grams of cocaine was located and seized.

Both individuals were held in custody and will appear in court today. Each faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and various breaches of court ordered conditions.