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RCMP arrest veteran Mountie in Manitoba on 13 drug and weapons charges

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Dec, 2014 04:58 PM

WINNIPEG — The RCMP says its serious and organized crime unit has arrested a veteran Mountie in Manitoba on 13 drug and weapons charges.

Police say Const. Daniel Daudet was arrested in a rural municipality southeast of Winnipeg.

He faces possession of cocaine, possession of a prohibited firearm obtained by crime and other charges.

RCMP say Daudet, who is 42, has been a Mountie for 13 years.

He has been released from custody and is to appear in Steinbach provincial court on Feb. 19.

Police say he has been suspended with pay.

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