A Watson Lake man has been charged with drug trafficking, among other alleged offences.

Last Thursday, members of the “M” Division Crime Reduction Unit investigated and arrested a man believed to be trafficking cocaine in downtown Whitehorse, police said Friday afternoon.

A search warrant was executed at a unit at the Chilkoot Trail Inn and an amount of cocaine was located.

Calvin Pembleton, 53, was held in custody and appeared in court Friday.

He has been charged with:

• trafficking a controlled substance (cocaine);

• failing to comply with a release order (possession of weapons); and

• failing to comply with a second release order (possession of more than one cell phone).

Pembleton also has pending charges of trafficking cocaine and possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking out of Watson Lake, from February 2020.