An Edmonton man is facing forgery charges after attempting to fill a prescription for a type of cough medication in Portage la Prairie.
On Friday, Feb. 12, RCMP were called to a pharmacy on Saskatchewan Avenue in Portage la Prairie.
Officers were told that a 30-year-old man had dropped off a prescription to be filled for cough medication containing codeine, and that the prescription had been forged.
RCMP were informed the man had tried to fill the prescription at another local pharmacy, and left the store in an SUV.
Officers located the vehicle and arrested Badal Kaahin Kaafi from Edmonton, Alberta.
A search of the vehicle found two bottles of the same medication dispensed at a pharmacy in Winnipeg.
RCMP seized two bottles of cough medication containing codeine, a highly addictive opioid.
Kaafi is facing charges including possession of an opioid for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a forged document.
He will appear in court at a later date.
