Ten firearms and methamphetamine were seized and an adult male has been charged following a drug trafficking investigation on Flying Dust First Nation.
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In a release issued Wednesday, Saskatchewan RCMP said members of the Meadow Lake crime reduction team, with assistance from the Saskatchewan RCMP critical incident response team, executed a search warrant at a residence on Jan. 27 as part of an ongoing drug trafficking and firearms investigation.
Police said officers seized about 40 grams of methamphetamine, five long guns, four airguns, a prohibited firearm, ammunition, knives and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
A man and two women were arrested at the residence. The women were later released without charge.
As a result of the investigation, 37-year-old Lennex Merasty-Morin of Flying Dust First Nation has been charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm knowing possession was unauthorized, weapons possession contrary to an order, two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition without a licence or registration, and two counts of unsafe storage of firearms.
Merasty-Morin appeared in Meadow Lake provincial court on Jan. 28.
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