AIR RONGE – Four individuals are facing drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop in Air Ronge.
In the early morning hours of April 25, officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP La Ronge Crime Reduction Team (CRT) initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling on Highway 2 in Air Ronge.
As a result of the investigation, officers located and seized a conducted energy weapon from an occupant in the vehicle.
Officers then observed bear spray in the vehicle.
Four occupants of the vehicle were then arrested. Officers arranged for a child under the age of five in the vehicle to be safely picked up by a family member.
During subsequent searches of the individuals arrested and the vehicle, officers located and seized a prohibited firearm, 125 grams of crack cocaine, 14.5 grams of methamphetamine, 11.4 grams of a substance believed to be a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and additional drug trafficking paraphernalia.
As a result of an investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP La Ronge CRT and La Ronge Detachment, the two adult males and two adult females are facing multiple charges.
A 23-year-old man; a 36-year-old man; a 23-year-old woman; and a 26-year-old woman, all from La Ronge, are each charged with:
- three counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking;
- two counts, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose;
- one count, unauthorized possession of a firearm; and
- one count, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
The 23-year-old woman faces an additional one count of possession contrary to order; and two counts, fail to comply with probation order.
The 26-year-old woman faces an additional one count, possession contrary to order.
The four accused appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court on April 28.
