LA RONGE - Two individuals are facing drug trafficking charges after Saskatchewan RCMP apprehended a wanted individual in La Ronge.
On May 7, officers with the Saskatchewan RCMP La Ronge Crime Reduction Team (CRT) located a woman in a vehicle in La Ronge who was wanted on warrants from La Ronge RCMP, Saskatoon Police Service and Regina Police Service. Her offences included theft of a motor vehicle, driving while suspended and assault with a weapon.
Officers placed her under arrest for her warrants. During the arrest, officers observed illicit drugs in plain view in the vehicle. A second occupant of the vehicle, an adult male, was also arrested.
During subsequent searches of the arrested individuals and vehicle, officers located and seized a significant sum of cash, 55.4 grams of cocaine and additional drug trafficking paraphernalia.
As a result of the investigation, a 36-year-old woman and 28-year-old man, both of La Ronge, are each charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine; and
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
They appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court on May 8.
