A Toronto man is facing charges in Regina after police found more than a kilogram of cocaine in a pair of searches.
Police said that on Oct. 31, an officer stopped a vehicle in the area of Broadway Avenue and Wallace Street. As the officer walked up to the vehicle, the driver took off.
Officers in the police plane kept an eye on the vehicle and saw it park in the 900 block of Queen Street. They told officers on the ground that the driver had got out of the vehicle, and those officers were able to take the driver into custody.
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Police then executed search warrants on a house in the 1000 block of Queen Street and on a vehicle. A police release said those searches turned up about 1,100 grams of cocaine, around $1,800 in Canadian cash, and other items used to traffic controlled substances.
A 26-year-old Toronto man was charged with possession of a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime, and flight from a peace officer.
He’s to make his first appearance in Regina Provincial Court on Dec. 14.