Two people arrested and charged after RCMP drug investigation in Inuvik

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Posted By: October 1, 2019

Two people have been arrested and charged after RCMP in Inuvik conducted a drug raid at a residence in that community.

According to a news release from the Mounties, a digital scale with suspected crack cocaine residue, cellular devices and a large sum of Canadian currency were seized  during the execution of a search warrant last Friday.

Police say they had received reports of drug activity in the residence and surveillance was conducted.

Inuvik resident Clara Aviugana, 45, is charged with trafficking cocaine.

Moosa Khan, a 19-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., is charged with possession of proceeds of crime over $5000, trafficking cocaine and possession of cocaine.

Khan was in court in Yellowknife Monday.

Aviugana is scheduled to appear in Inuvik Territorial court on November 19.

Police have not made it clear if she is in custody.

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John McFadden
John has been in the broadcast journalism industry since the 1980s. He has been a reporter in Yellowknife since 2012 and joined CKLB in January of 2018. John covers the crime and court beat as well as reporting on other areas including politics, business, entertainment and sports. He won seven national community newspaper awards while he was a journalist with Northern News Services Limited (NNSL). John worked in Ontario before coming North including stints as a TV sportscaster in Peterborough and senior news writer for CBC and CTV in downtown Toronto.

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