REGINA, Sask. — Four people are facing charges following a two-month investigation led by the Regina Police Service Drug Unit (RDU).
The investigation, which began in August, focused on a group of individuals from Regina and Alberta who were believed to be involved in the trafficking of fentanyl and methamphetamine in the city of Regina.
On Oct. 23, RDU officers, with support from the Tactical Support Unit (TST), located and arrested two men and a youth male in the 1800 block of Victoria Avenue. At the time of the arrests, officers seized a loaded, sawed-off .22 caliber firearm, and 22.96 grams of methamphetamine.
Following the arrests, two search warrants were executed at residences in the 1800 block of Hamilton Street and 2400 block of Harvey Street. As a result of those searches, officers seized a loaded, sawed-off .22 caliber firearm, a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, a sawed-off .308 rifle, ammunition, approximately 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, and $7,870 in cash.
Inderjeet Uppal, 43, of Edmonton, Alta., is charged with possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
Damon Shaw, 27, of Fort McMurray, Alta., is charged with possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, two counts possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, three counts of possession of a firearm when unauthorized, three counts of careless storage of a firearm, and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
Jeremy Wasteste of Regina is charged with possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
A 14-year-old male of Stony Plain, Alta. Is charged with four counts of careless storage of a firearm, four counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, four counts of possession of a firearm knowing unauthorized, three counts of possession of a loaded or restricted firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, and tampering with a serial number of a firearm.
All four appeared in Regina Provincial Court on Oct. 23.
