SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Two people have been charged after methamphetamine and cocaine were seized at a residence in Swift Current.
On Nov. 5, Saskatchewan RCMP’s Swift Current General Investigation Section (GIS) executed a search warrant on Lorne Street East in Swift Current as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. The search warrant was executed with the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP’s Critical Incident Response Team, Police Dog Services, Swift Current Saskatchewan Trafficking and Response Team, and Swift Current Rural and Municipal detachments.
At the residence, officers located and seized approximately 215 grams of methamphetamine, 21 grams of cocaine, a hatchet, and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
Two males and three females were arrested at the residence.
As a result of the continued investigation, a 42-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, both from Swift Current, are each charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine;
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine; and
- one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
The 42-year-old suspect is additionally charged with three counts, fail to comply with probation order.
The other three individuals who were arrested were later released from police custody without charges.
The two suspects appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court on Nov. 6.
