Five people, including two youth, are each facing a charge of possession of drugs for trafficking after Whitehorse RCMP searched what they're calling a 'drug trafficking hotspot' last Saturday night.

Around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, police executed a search warrant on a residence in the 300 block of Alexander Street, Cpl. Grant MacDonald said this morning.

There, 30 rocks (approximately 2.5 grams) of crack cocaine and small amounts of cocaine and marijuana were seized along with more than $1,000 in cash and drug paraphernalia. The five people in the home were arrested.

Charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking are Alexander Mark Trebbin, 33; Megan Jessica Seline Bailie, 19; Daniel Brian Charles, 18; and the two youth whose identities are protected from publication under the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The two youth were kept in custody while the three adults have been released. All have court dates set for this month.

Police noted Saturday's search is part of the RCMP's Crime Reduction program efforts, focused on street-level crime, crime hotspots and 'prolific drug and alcohol offenders'.

The efforts in the Yukon have seen a Crime Reduction team made up of six RCMP officers and two civilian personnel use a criminal analyst to identify potential offenders and crime hotspots.

Officers monitor offenders to ensure there's compliance of imposed conditions when released from custody and enforce the law if there's an offence.

The RCMP press release notes the Yukon government has allocated $485,000 for three years starting in 2007, though the 2007-08 fiscal year budget isn't set to come forward until Thursday afternoon, when MLAs return to the legislature for the first time since late 2006.

The government announced last December it would fund the formation of the Crime Reduction initiative.

MacDonald noted that while the budget hasn't been formally passed by the legislature, the RCMP began working on the Crime Reduction efforts on the presumption it will be approved.