Accused cocaine trafficker denied bail
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A Prince Albert man accused of being involved in a major cocaine trafficking conspiracy was denied bail after he was allegedly caught with more cocaine while under 24-hour house arrest.
Kole Michael Marchant, 28, was first arrested Nov. 20, 2016 along with six others at the culmination of a five-month investigation by a combined enforcement unit made up of Prince Albert Police and RCMP. Officers executed five simultaneous search warrants in and around the city which led them to seize more than a kilogram of cocaine along with four vehicles, an ATV, numerous electronics and thousands of dollars in cash.
Despite Crown Prosecutor Dan Heffernan referring to him as the “mastermind” of the trafficking conspiracy, Marchant was granted bail Dec. 8 with very strict conditions including a $10,000 cash deposit. He was required to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet confining him to his father’s rural property and was not permitted to possess or use any computers or cell phones.
The young man’s freedom was short-lived, however, as he found himself arrested again April 21 when a police search allegedly turned up a quarter-kilogram of cocaine along with four grams of marijuana and $3,000 in cash.
