BATTLEFORDS AREA - Saskatchewan RCMP have charged three people and seized multiple firearms following an investigation into drug trafficking in the Battlefords area.
On Nov. 28, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) North Battlefords Crime Reduction Team – Gang Task Force (CRT-GTF) and Crime Reduction Team (CRT), and the Battlefords Detachment executed search warrants at two homes – one in the 800 block of 107 Street and one in the 1000 block of 105 Street in North Battleford as part of a drug-trafficking investigation.
Officers arrested 16 individuals – nine females and seven males – at the two residences. Thirteen were later released without charges.
While executing the search warrants, officers located and seized methamphetamine and other evidence of drug trafficking, three firearms, ammunition, three replica firearms and body armour.
As a result of investigation, three individuals have been charged.
A 27-year-old woman, from North Battleford, is charged with: possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine; possession of a firearm when knowing possession unauthorized; unsafe storage of firearms; and possession of weapon for dangerous purpose.
If you have information about drug trafficking, illegal gun use or gang activity in the Battlefords area, call the North Battleford Crime Reduction Team - Gang Task Force at 310-RCMP (7867).
