Saskatchewan RCMP have laid 40 charges after cocaine; firearms and a crossbow was seized.
RCMP’s North Battleford Crime Reduction Team-Gang Task Force (CRT-GTF), with the assistance of RCMP’s Critical Incident Response team, executed three search warrants in North Battleford as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
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On Oct. 25, at about 5:30 a.m., RCMP’s CRT-GTF and their critical incident response team executed a search warrant at a residence on 107 St., in North Battleford.
While at the residence, officers located an adult male in a garage. According to RCMP, the man presented a firearm and pointed it at a police officer, he then fled into the residence.
The firearm was not discharged, and the officer was not physically injured. The man was arrested at the residence, along with four additional men and two females.
That same day, Oct. 25, officers from two specialized units executed search warrants at a residence on 107 St. and two vehicles on 108 St. in North Battleford.
During the search of the two residences and vehicles, officers located and seized about 176 grams of cocaine, three firearms, two replication firearms, a crossbow, body armour, bear spray and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
As a result of continued investigation, 38-year-old Landon Gallie from North Battleford is charged with:
- 19 counts, weapons possession contrary to order, Section 117.01(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, assault on police officer, Section 270.01(2), Criminal Code.
- three counts, careless use of a firearm, Section 86(1), Criminal Code;
- three counts, possession of a firearm when knowing possession unauthorized, Section 92(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of a restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without license/registration, Section 95(1), Criminal Code;
- three counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, pointing a firearm, Section 87(1), Criminal Code; and
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
24-year-old Talon Meechance from North Battleford is charged with:
- one count, fail to comply with undertaking condition;
- two counts, weapons possession contrary to order;
- one count, careless use of a firearm;
- one count, possession of a firearm when knowing possession unauthorized;
- one count, possession of a restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without license/registration;
- one count, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; and
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine.
Three men and two females were later released without charge.
Gallie and Meechance were scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Oct. 27.
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