Firearm, ammunition seized at North Battleford business

NORTH BATTLEFORD — Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Crime Reduction Team-Gang Task Force (CRT-GTF) have charged a man after a firearm and ammunition were seized at a business in North Battleford.

On Feb. 12, Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford CRT-GTF — with the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP’s Critical Incident Response Team — executed a search warrant at a business on the Highway 16 bypass in North Battleford as a part of an ongoing firearms investigation.

During the search, officers located one unsafely stored firearm and ammunition.

Six individuals were arrested at the scene.

As a result of the investigation, a 50-year-old man, from North Battleford, was charged with:

• one count, unlawful possession of a non-restricted firearm; and
• one count, careless storage of a firearm.

The five other individuals were released from police custody without charges.

The accused appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court on Feb. 13.

The investigation remains ongoing.