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Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) have laid charges against three people after a drug trafficking investigation in the city this week.
SPS said in a news release on Friday that two of those people were arrested at a traffic stop in the 500 block of Kerr Road in the Arbor Creek neighbourhood around 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 by the force’s crime reduction team, with assistance from the tactical support unit.
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A man and woman, both aged 25, were taken into custody without incident, police said.
Then search warrant was executed at a home in the 100 block of Hedley Street in the Forest Grove neighbourhood and a 24-year-old man was arrested.
SPS said they found
- 172.9 grams of cocaine
- 36.4 grams of psilocybin (magic mushrooms)
- 15.6 grams of MDMA
- 14 Oxycodone pills
- $14,715 in cash
- cell phones
- digital scales
- other packaging consistent with drug trafficking
- two machetes
- .22 calibre ammunition
- 12 gauge shotgun ammunition
- various items related to proceeds of crime, including a 2003 Lexus SUV
- two packages of illegal cigarettes
Police said all three are facing 15 charges relating to drugs and possession of the proceeds of crime over $5000.
The provincial government announced a suite of new anti-drug measures this week.
The measures include focusing efforts under 2009 legislation that allows the government to seize property that was gained through illegal activity or was used during a crime, prioritizing drug-related offenders to ensure they are arrested and held accountable for their actions, and updating the Trespass to Property Regulations “to classify drug use and other disruptive activities as trespassing, to defend against these activities in semi-public spaces.”
The provincial government said it will also look at updating the fine option program, to allow convicted criminals to receive credit against court-imposed fines if they complete addictions programming.
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