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Hotel room search warrant results in drug bust

A police search of a Sylvan Lake hotel room turned up an array of drugs early Sunday morning (Jan. 4).

A police search of a Sylvan Lake hotel room turned up an array of drugs early Sunday morning (Jan. 4).

Sylvan Lake and Rimbey RCMP carried out a search warrant on the room at around 6 a.m., when they arrested the hotel room’s lone occupant. Inside the room, they found 60 millilitres of GHB, 21 grams of cannabis marijuana, 13 grams of crack cocaine, 8.5 grams of cocaine and one gram of methamphetamine.

Danielle Erin Morrell, 24, of Whitecourt, was charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of methamphetamine, two counts of fail to comply with release condition and three counts of fail to comply for probation order.

She had been scheduled to appear in court in Red Deer on Monday morning (Jan. 5).