YORKTON, Sask. – Yorkton STRT has laid charges following a drug trafficking investigation.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Yorkton Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) has charged one man after cash and illegal drugs were seized in Yorkton during a drug trafficking investigation.
On Sept. 16, as part of an ongoing investigation, officers with Saskatchewan RCMP’s Yorkton STRT arrested a man at a property on Bradbrooke Drive in Yorkton. A search warrant was executed at the property, and officers located and seized:
- $1,600 in cash
- 701 grams of cocaine
- 85 pills of unknown composition
- drug trafficking paraphernalia
As a result of the investigation, a 23-year-old man, from Calgary, Alta., has been charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine; and
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
The suspect is scheduled to appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on Sept. 17.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Yorkton STRT continue to investigate.
