{"id":499571,"date":"2026-02-25T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499571\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T23:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:41:12","slug":"calgary-police-lay-12-charges-after-traffic-stop-uncovers-drugs-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499571\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary police lay 12 charges after traffic stop uncovers drugs, weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Calgary man is facing a dozen charges after police pulled over a speeding vehicle and discovered nearly 430 grams of drugs along with multiple weapons and cash.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, officers spotted a vehicle speeding on northbound Macleod Trail near Heritage Drive SE on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n<p>After stopping the vehicle, officers performed sobriety tests and determined the driver appeared to be impaired by drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The man was arrested, and officers seized:<\/p>\n<p>425 grams of methamphetamine (approximate street value $3,035)<\/p>\n<p>2.5 grams of fentanyl (approximate street value $220)<\/p>\n<p>2.3 grams of cocaine (approximate street value $250)<\/p>\n<p>Brass knuckles<\/p>\n<p>Bear spray<\/p>\n<p>Approximately $3,700 in cash<\/p>\n<p>Police have charged 46\u2011year\u2011old Kevin Douglas Dalton with several drug and weapons offences. He also faces charges of impaired driving, speeding, operating a vehicle without a licence, and possession of more than one identification.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with additional information is urged to contact Calgary police at 403\u2011266\u20111234, or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Calgary man is facing a dozen charges after police pulled over a speeding vehicle and discovered nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-499571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}