Saskatchewan RCMP’s Roving Traffic Unit recently seized crack cocaine and illegal cannabis as a result of a traffic stock.
Saskatchewan RCMP report that on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at approximately 4:45 p.m., a member of Saskatchewan RCMP’s Roving Traffic Unit stopped an eastbound vehicle on Highway 16 near Maidstone for a driver’s licence check.
The vehicle had a male driver and a male passenger inside. The driver was unable to provide a driver’s licence. During the traffic stop, a female drove up in a second vehicle and provided the driver a licence. The officer’s observations led him to suspect the occupants of the vehicles may be in possession of drugs. As a result, the occupants were detained, and then eventually arrested. Both vehicles were searched and the following items were found seized:
- 36 grams of crack cocaine
- 2 pounds of illegal dried cannabis
- A taser
- Approximately $3,000.00 in Canadian currency
- A functioning digital scale
- Five cellular phones
- A vacuum sealer with several unused vacuum-sealed bags
Identity documents were also located which matched the description of the male driver. It was learned that the driver’s licence the male originally provided did not belong to him.
As a result of investigation, three individuals, all residents of Lloydminster, were arrested and charged.
Charges included possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, section 5(2), controlled drugs and substances act, possession of cannabis for the purpose of distributing it, possession of proceeds of crime under $5000, obstruct a peace officer, identity fraud, possession of government documents, obstruct a peace officer (aid and abet), identity fraud (aid and abet), possession of a prohibited weapon, carry a concealed weapon, possession of a prohibited device for a dangerous purpose.
RCMP say all three will make court appearances in Lloydminster Provincial Court in October.
