Three charged in gun trafficking case

RCMP conducted a search warrant on a rural property on the weekend and has charged three people in connection to the trafficking of stolen firearms in the Foothills region.

Okotoks RCMP executed a search warrant on a farmhouse on 48 Street in the MD of Foothills in the early morning hours of October 26.

Four people were arrested as a result of the warrant.

Three are facing Criminal Code and drug charges and the fourth was released without charges.

Lindsey Charlton, 33, is charged with Trafficking in Stolen Property and Possession of a Controlled Substance.

Tanner Moeskau, 21, is charged with Possession of a Controlled substance and police say 13 additional warrants for his arrest were executed.

Sharon Wright, 45, is charged with Possession of a Controlled substance.

Police say they believe the firearms that were recovered are among those stolen on August 14, 2013, from a private residence in Red Deer.