{"id":41078,"date":"2026-10-09T20:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=41078"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:46:24","slug":"four-arrested-in-drug-trafficking-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2026\/10\/09\/four-arrested-in-drug-trafficking-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Arrested in Drug Trafficking Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"RCMP Media Release<\/p>\n

On Oct. 8, at approximately 5:10 p.m., RCMP executed search warrants at two Swan River residences as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.<\/p>\n

The investigation was led by the Swan River General Investigation Section (GIS), with support from Swan River RCMP detachment officers and the RCMP West District Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team (CREST). Officers arrested three males at the homes, located on the 300-block of 5th Avenue South. A fourth suspect that was seen leaving the residence minutes earlier was arrested a short distance away.<\/p>\n

RCMP subsequently located and seized prescription medications, drug paraphernalia and $545 in cash as a result of the search warrants.<\/p>\n

Marino Thrones, 53, of Swan River is charged with:
\n\u2022 Drug possession for the purpose of trafficking;
\n\u2022 Possession of property obtained by crime less than $5,000; and
\n\u2022 Mischief under $5,000.
\nThrones was released on a released order. <\/p>\n

Three Swan River \u2013 ages 53, 52 and 20 \u2013 each face charges of:
\n\u2022 Drug possession for the purpose of trafficking; and
\n\u2022 Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
\nThe three males were all released on undertakings. Their names can\u2019t be publicly confirmed until charges are sworn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RCMP Media Release On Oct. 8, at approximately 5:10 p.m., RCMP executed search warrants at two Swan River residences as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. The investigation was led by the Swan River General Investigation Section (GIS), with support from Swan River RCMP detachment officers and the RCMP West District Crime Reduction Enforcement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-41078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}