Two people charged following Saskatoon drug investigation

A 39-year-old man and 37-year-old woman face charges following a drug investigation by Saskatoon police.

At around 3:15 on Monday, police spotted a man and a woman going in and out of a vehicle on Confederation Drive near Milton Street.  

Officers recognized the man as a person they had been looking for.

The man ran off as investigators approached, but he was tracked down with the help of the K-9 unit a few blocks away.

Police said 445 grams of marijuana , 0.4 grams of cocaine, 30 mg of hydromorph, 5.9 grams of MDMA and ammunition were found.

Both the man and the woman face a charge of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.