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Four-year-old toddler watches as mom is arrested during police drug raid
PENTICTON, B.C. – A woman from Penticton, B.C., is facing a drug trafficking charge after being arrested at an apartment where her four-year-old daughter was watching television.
RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says 28-year-old Mandy Jo Squakin and her boyfriend were arrested on Wednesday after a police search of their apartment.
Investigators say they found 15 grams of methamphetamine, 14 grams of cocaine, cell phones, drug trafficking paraphernalia and a fake handgun.
The couple was taken into custody and released, and Squakin now faces a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine.
The little girl has been taken into the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
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