GUARD CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING

EDMONTON - A guard at the Edmonton Remand Centre was arrested for drug
trafficking Tuesday just before entering the facility.

"He was on his way in to work and was arrested," said Staff Sgt. Al Sauve
with the province's organized crime unit.

The arrest follows a weeklong investigation, Sauve said, prompted by
reports prisoners were getting drugs from one of more than 300 guards
working at the facility.

Trafficking is something the Alberta Solicitor General's office is cracking
down on in all of the province's prisons, said a spokesman for the ministry.

"There's been a zero-tolerance policy on any drugs in our system," said
Solicitor General spokesman David Bray.

"When they're found in there, strong action is taken."

Matthew Domke, 23, was arrested without incident at about 2:30 p.m. He
faces six counts of possessing four grams of marijuana and hundreds of
pills of prescription drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

He is also charged with one count of possession.