Drug case with four people charged adjourned to May 8

Several people charged following an ALERT drug bust in February will be back in court next month.

Sharon Nicole Voyko and James Frederick Shaw of Lethbridge were in provincial court Friday but had their matters adjourned to May 8. Jadeyn Tyeisha Cross of Shaughnessy, who did not attend court but was represented by her lawyer, Tyson Dahlem of Calgary, will also return to court the same day.

Court was told Dahlem needs time to review an extensive amount of disclosure, and Voytko needs more time to retain a lawyer through Legal Aid.

A fourth accused, Katlyn Miller of Penticton, B.C., was not scheduled to be in court Friday, but is set to have a hearing next week.

On Feb. 20 ALERT's organized crime and gang team, with the assistance of Lethbridge Police and the RCMP, intercepted a vehicle just west of Lethbridge that was loaded with drugs and travelling from Calgary.

Following the traffic stop, police searched a home in the 1600 block of St. George Road North and seized more drugs. The drugs, worth about $55,000, include 261 grams of methamphetamine, 57 grams of cocaine, 1.6 kilograms of marijuana, 76 grams of cannabis resin, 15 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, and nine grams of heroin. Some $2,555 in cash was also seized.

Shaw, 38, is charged with seven counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, and single counts of possession of stolen property and unauthorized possession of a firearm. Cross, 20, faces three counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of drug possession, while Voyko, 25, is charged with three counts of drug possession for the purpose.

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