Medicine Hat man receives 48 month sentence for drug trafficking
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MEDICINE HAT, AB — A 20-year-old man arrested following a drug trafficking investigation in February is heading to prison after pleading guilty to several charges.
Taylor Weiss-Linder pleaded guilty to two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, one count of trafficking a controlled substance and one count of unauthorized possession of a firearm in provincial court on Thursday. His remaining charges in connection with the incident were withdrawn.
Weiss-Linder was sentenced to 48 months in prison, but will serve 34 months, after receiving credit for 14 months of pre-trial custody. He also received a lifetime firearm prohibition.
Weiss-Linder was arrested on Feb. 18, along with Mackenzie Osgood, following an investigation from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team, the Medicine Hat Police Service and RCMP. Police seized 61 grams of methamphetamine, 68 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of cannabis resin, $1,600 in cash proceeds of crime, and a shotgun with 30 rounds of ammunition. The total value of the drugs seized was $15,000.
