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Cocaine, Pepper Spray Seizure Lead To Charges Against Canadian Soldier

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 31 Oct, 2016 01:16 PM
    SHILO, Man. — Charges have been laid against a Manitoba-based soldier who is accused of trafficking in cocaine.
     
    The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal and Canadian Forces Military Police Group says one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one of possession of a prohibited weapon have been laid against a master corporal at Canadian Forces Base Shilo.
     
    Lieut. Blake Patterson, a military spokesman, says an investigation was launched into the suspect last Nov. 23 by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.
     
    Patterson says the soldier was arrested by military authorities during a traffic stop off the base on Jan. 15 and alleges he had 32 grams of cocaine in his possession.
     
    A search of his home the same day found pepper spray and various drug paraphernalia, including packaging and a digital scale.
     
    Brent McCarthy, who is with 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, is facing charges laid under the National Defence Act and remains free, pending a possible court martial.
     
    Details on McCarthy's hometown and his military record were not immediately available.

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