Cocaine seized at Bunibonibee Cree Nation airport

A woman has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in Bunibonibee Cree Nation after a First Nation safety officer found she had arrived by plane with a bag of cocaine, RCMP say.

Oxford House RCMP were called to the airport by the safety officer just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, after safety officers took the woman into custody.

The safety officers advised Mounties that while conducting routine searches of passengers arriving to the community, one of them found an unusual package believed to contain illicit drugs in the suspect’s clothing.

RCMP say the package had cocaine that would be worth about $44,000 on the street in the remote community.

A 23-year-old woman was charged and held in custody.