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By Greg Fry

Drug raid

Firearms, drugs and cash seized in Quesnel drug raid

Sep 11, 2020 | 1:54 PM

QUESNEL — Quesnel RCMP say they’ve made a major impact on the local drug trade following the execution of two search warrants.

Police say at approximately 10 a.m. yesterday (Sept.10), the warrants were executed at two homes on West River Road following a two-week drug trafficking investigation conducted by the Quesnel General Investigation Section, with help from the Quesnel Crime Reduction Unit and the Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Crime Reduction Unit.

“Police arrested four Quesnel residents in relation to this event,” says Sgt. Richard Weseen.

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He says a search of both residences resulted in the seizure of:

• 14 firearms that included five assault rifles, two rifles, four handguns, two shotguns, and an UZI submachine gun;
• Prohibited weapons and devices such as two silencers and large capacity firearm magazines;
• Over $45,000 in Canadian currency;
• Large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine

Weseen notes “people associated to this group were known to use violence and the arsenal of firearms they were collecting is quite disturbing.”

Those faces a number of firearm related charges are 31-year-old Eric Joseph Heidemann, 30-year-old Steven Michael Lindstrom and 36-year-old Katherine Danielle Barschel. Police say drug trafficking charges are also pending. The fourth person was released without charge.