BATTLEFORD — A Lloydminster man designated by police as a high-risk offender has been sentenced on Feb. 27 in Battleford Court of King’s Bench to two years less a day.
Mitchell Moyah was also given a lifetime ban on owning firearms and ordered to provide his DNA to the National DNA Data Bank. Following a trial, Justice Brenda Hildebrandt found Moyah guilty in November 2025 of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possessing a firearm while prohibited.
Moyah was arrested during a large-scale RCMP search of a Lloydminster, Sask., property in January 2024.
According to court documents, officers found approximately 598 grams of cocaine, along with digital scales, packaging materials, and detailed debt ledgers, in the basement suite Moyah rented. Justice Hildebrandt said the evidence clearly indicated a drug trafficking operation, noting the quantity of cocaine was “significant” and far beyond personal-use levels.
Moyah was acquitted of two counts of possessing a prohibited weapon and two counts of possessing a stolen vehicle. The judge ruled that the Crown failed to prove the weapons met the legal definition of “prohibited,” citing an error in a key certificate of analysis.
Court documents also show that two vehicles, a Hornett and a 2022 Dodge Ram, had been flagged by the RCMP auto theft division in Edmonton as re-vinned. Justice Hildebrandt said that while Moyah was in possession of the vehicles, as the keys were in his room, she ruled that the Crown didn’t prove essential elements of the charges, including ownership of the vehicles.
Twelve witnesses testified at the trial. Justice Hildebrandt found the RCMP officers’ evidence credible and reliable. She rejected the testimony of civilian witness Tanis Nicotine, who appeared by CCTV from the Edmonton Remand Centre, declaring her a hostile witness for feigning memory loss and being deliberately evasive.
The police investigation started as a stolen vehicle complaint. It expanded when officers executing the first warrant observed a vacuum sealer and scale in the basement Moyah rented, prompting a CDSA search warrant and leading to the drug seizure.
In 2022, Moyah was wanted by Edmonton police and Lloydminster RCMP on 28 outstanding arrest warrants.
