Yukon RCMP Execute a Search Warrant in Whitehorse

November 3, 2020
Whitehorse, Yukon

News release

On the morning of 30 October, 2020 members of the Yukon RCMP Crime Reduction Unit, Critical Incident Program, and the Whitehorse Detachment executed Search Warrants on Azure Road. This operation was conducted after a significant joint surveillance operation of the property between Yukon RCMP and Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Unit on activities consistent with drug trafficking. All four occupants of the residence at the time, two males and two females, were taken into custody.

The RCMP seized from the residence:

  • A large sum of Canadian currency
  • Prohibited weapons including brass knuckles and a conducted energy weapon (taser)
  • Scales contaminated with a substance believed to be cocaine
  • Other suspected illicit drug substances
  • A large quantity of ammunition

All four people taken into custody appeared in court Saturday on the following charges:

Michael William HOLLANDY (40)

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
  • Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
  • Failure to Comply with Release Order Condition x 3
  • Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Device (Brass Knuckles)
  • Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Device (Conducted Energy Weapon)
  • Obstruction of a Peace Officer

Abdulahi Khadar SAHAL (29)

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
  • Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000

Katelyn Marie BROWN (31)

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
  • Possess Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
  • Failure to Comply with Release Order Condition

Krystal Melissa Victoria FERES (38)

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl
  • Failure to Comply with Release Order Condition x 3
  • Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Weapon (Brass Knuckles)
  • Unauthorized Possession of Prohibited Weapon (Conducted Energy Weapon)
  • Obstruction of a Peace Officer

The Yukon RCMP wish to thank the SCAN unit for their support and cooperation on this investigation.

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