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Five people have been arrested and over 60 charges laid in a significant drug investigation that is still underway in the Yorkton area.
On April 24, Yorkton RCMP’s Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team executed search warrants at four homes in Yorkton, Bredenbury, Bangor, and the RM of Orkney. Police said the five arrests were made “within minutes of one another.”
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During these searches, police said officers seized 340 grams of cocaine, 1,035 grams of meth, 251 grams of psilocybin, 49 grams of heroin, 25 LSD blotters, 2,282 pharmaceutical-style opioid pills, 23 grams of dimethyltryptamine, 1.1 kgs of illicit cannabis, 5000 illicit cigarettes, and 5000 pharmaceutical-style Xanax pills.
At these same properties, police said they also seized a loaded handgun, a crossbow, brass knuckles, a firearm suppressor, a firearm magazine, bear spray, a baton, ammunition, five vehicles, and a sum of cash.
A 43-year-old man from Bangor, a 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old man from Yorkton, a 29-year-old woman from Bangor, and a 51-year-old woman from Bredenbury were scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
Their charges included trafficking, possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, and a number involving weapons.
RCMP said the investigation was continuing.
— with files by CKOM News
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