Mounties urge N.W.T. residents to avoid vigilante justice after two men swarmed, beaten in Fort McPherson
Police in the Northwest Territories are warning residents not to take justice into their own hands after a group assaulted two men suspected of drug trafficking and stealing a vehicle in Fort McPherson.
Later that day, police say a group of residents swarmed two men just outside the community and assaulted them, resulting in injuries. RCMP say during they investigation they recovered 43 bags of what is suspected to be crack cocaine and $2,230 from the truck.They are charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds obtained by crime, theft of a truck, dangerous operations, flight from a police officer, mischief over $5,000 and failure to comply.
“We understand the frustrations being voiced,” Hamel, the officer in charge of the RCMP’s north district, said in a statement.
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