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Arrest Of Known Repeat Offender Leads To Significant Drug Seizure For Red Deer RCMP

A significant drug seizure has been made by the Red Deer RCMP Crime Reduction Team.

Inspector Heide Ravenhill stated in a press release “A great deal of effort and resources were used to safely arrest this repeat offender who has previously demonstrated a willingness to put the public at risk while fleeing apprehension.”

Mounties say a repeat offender was observed operating a motor vehicle while prohibited on Wednesday (May 29th).

According to RCMP, additional resources were brought in due to the offender’s history of dangerous driving and flight from police including ramming a police vehicle.

Eventually the suspect was safely arrested and police obtained a search warrant for the vehicle. It resulted in the seizure of small amounts of various suspected drugs, over 1.3 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine, and a loaded handgun.

A 38 year old male Red Deer resident, Mitchell Lewis Engler, faces charges including possession of body armour, two counts of driving while prohibited, five counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking a controlled substance, and six counts of weapons offences.

He has been remanded into custody and is slated to appear in court in Red Deer on June 4th.

The Calgary Police HAWCS helicopter, Innisfail RCMP, Police Dog Services, the Alberta RCMP Emergency Response Team, and the RCMP Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Team were among the additional resources brought in for this case.

Galen Hartviksen
Galen Hartviksen
Straight outta northwestern Ontario, Galen moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay to Alberta in 1998. After graduating from the broadcasting program at Mount Royal College (Class of 2003), it was off to the Town of Olds for the launch of the independent radio station (CAB-K Broadcasting). A fan of all seasons, Galen has been News Director & the voice of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Olds Grizzlys on 96.5 CKFM/ROCK 104.5 for two decades and in 2024 he was excited to have the opportunity to join the team at Vista Radio and My Mountain View Now.

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