The Saskatoon Police Service Crime Reduction Team has arrested a man in connection to a drug trafficking investigation
On June 2nd, 2022, at approximately 7 p.m., with assistance from the SPS Tactical Support Unit, a 39-year-old man was arrested in the 400 block of Ludlow Street. He was suspected to be trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine, and had access to firearms.
A search of the 39-year-old recovered:
- A loaded sawed off shotgun
- 40.1 grams methamphetamine
- 27.2 grams cocaine
- 11.8 grams buff
- 34.1 grams cannabis
- 1 MDMA pill
- 85 - hydromorphone pills
- 80 - 100 mg morphine pills
- Numerous other pills scheduled under the CDSA
- Drug packaging, scale, and a cell phone
- $40.00 cash.
CRT investigators and TSU officers were then authorized for a search warrant, at a residence in Waldheim, Saskatchewan. The subsequent search recovered:
- A loaded .357 revolver and ammunition
- Dismantled (but functional) bolt action rifle
- Firearm parts
- Various rounds of ammunition
- Soft body armour
- 1 morphine pill
- 6 cellular devices
- Packaging, scales and other indicia indicative of drug trafficking
The 39-year-old man is charged with Trafficking x2 (Cocaine and Methamphetamine), Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x2 (Cocaine and Methamphetamine), Possession of the Proceeds of Crime, Possession of a Dangerous Weapon, Carrying a Concealed Weapon, and numerous other drug and weapons related charges.
(Court Information Numbers: 991198551, 991198553, 991198573, 991198575)
