Woman pulled off plane, charged with drug trafficking

A woman removed from an airplane at Oxford House Airport was found with a large amount of cocaine on her, police say.

Bunibonibee Cree Nation First Nation safety officers informed Oxford House RCMP on Monday that people aboard an incoming aircraft may have illicit drugs on them, a Wednesday news release stated.

After the plane landed, police boarded the aircraft and removed two female passengers.

One passenger, a 23-year-old woman from Bunibonibee Cree Nation, was concealing cocaine and crack cocaine worth about $75,000.

The woman was charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking. She remains in custody.