A Lethbridge resident is facing charges after police seized drugs and weapons at a traffic stop for bicycle equipment violations.
Wednesday night, around 7 p.m., police noticed a group of people downtown including a man on a bicycle with no brakes or visible bell or horn.
Police approached the man, who fled on the bicycle, ignoring requests to stop. They caught up with him in a parking lot on the 200 block of Scenic Drive South, where he resisted arrest, before being taken into custody.
A search of the man yielded 200 street doses of methamphetamine, 170 doses of fentanyl, cash and drug paraphernalia including several scales and packaging.
Police also recovered two collapsible batons, a hatchet and three knives.
A 34-year-old Lethbridge man was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, four counts of possession of a dangerous weapon, two counts …