August 22, 2025
RED FM News Desk
Calgary police arrested a woman early Monday morning, August 11, 2025, after finding her asleep in a suspicious vehicle in the southeast community of Prestwick.
Officers were called around 3:40 a.m. following reports of a suspicious car driving in the 1100 block of Prestwick Close SE. Police located a vehicle with mismatched license plates and found a woman asleep in the back seat. She was taken into custody after officers discovered she was violating conditions from a previous release.
A search of the vehicle turned up a significant quantity of drugs and weapons, including:
- A Churchill shotgun with ammunition
- A replica handgun
- A conducted energy weapon
- Approximately 147.5 grams of fentanyl
- Drug trafficking paraphernalia
- Multiple cellphones
- Several suspected stolen items
The woman, identified as 26-year-old Samara Maria Astalnok, is now facing 13 charges. These include possession of prohibited and unlicensed weapons, careless storage of a firearm, tampering with a firearm’s serial number, failure to comply with a release order, and four counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Astalnok is scheduled to appear in court on August 27.
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