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On April 13, Lloydminster RCMP’s General Investigation Section members received information that a male wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a parole violation was possibly in the City of Lloydminster.
During the investigation, RCMP members conducted a traffic stop and located a male matching the description. The male originally provided RCMP officers with a false name, but upon further investigation was positively identified and was arrested for his Canada-wide warrant as well as charged with multiple new offences.
Nakota Pooyak, 29, of Sweetgrass First Nation, Sask. has been charged with:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking x 2 (Cocaine & Methamphetamine)
- Obstructing a police officer
- Fail to comply with a release order
The female passenger of the vehicle also originally used a false name, but was positively identified.
Nicole Larson, 24, of Lloydminster, and was arrested and charged with the following:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking x 2 (Cocaine & Methamphetamine)
- Obstructing a police officer
- Identity fraud
- Fail to comply with a release order x 3
Pooyak and Larson were both remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear in Lloydminster Alberta Provincial Court for May 3.
