Three people are facing 68 charges after Saskatchewan RCMP seized seven types of illicit drugs and three firearms during a traffic stop on Highway 16 near Lloydminster.
Saskatchewan RCMP’s Lloydminster Crime Reduction Team received a report on Aug. 18 at about 5 p.m. of an armed man travelling toward the Lloydminster or Battlefords area.
Officers located the vehicle on Highway 16 and conducted a traffic stop. Three occupants were arrested at the scene.
What police seized
A search of the vehicle and the arrested individuals turned up the following:
- 447 grams of fentanyl
- 761 grams of cocaine
- 85 grams of methamphetamine
- 226 grams of psilocybin
- 700 millilitres of gamma hydroxybutyrate
- 2,627 pharmaceutical-style oxycodone pills
- 441 pharmaceutical-style Xanax pills
- three firearms, including a loaded handgun
- three loaded firearm magazines
- close to 1,000 rounds of ammunition
Further investigation found one of the occupants had removed a court-ordered electronic monitoring device earlier that day.
Charges laid
Omar Cristiano Caceres, 28, of Bonnyville, Alta., is charged with:
- three counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- three counts, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- one count, possession of a restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammunition without a licence
- one count, possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number
- seven counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking
- six counts, weapons possession contrary to an order
- five counts, possession of a prohibited weapon while knowing possession was unauthorized
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over 5,000 dollars
Caceres was also arrested for breaching a conditional sentence order.
Zanielle Demarais, 26, of Lloydminster, Sask., is charged with:
- three counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- three counts, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- one count, possession of a restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammunition without a licence
- one count, possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number
- seven counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking
- five counts, possession of a firearm while knowing possession was unauthorized
Kevin Kahmahkotayo, 30, of Lloydminster, Sask., is charged with:
- three counts, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- three counts, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- one count, possession of a restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammunition without a licence
- one count, possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number
- seven counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking
- one count, failing to comply with a release order condition
- five counts, possession of a prohibited weapon while knowing possession was unauthorized
All three appeared in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Aug. 20.
Anyone with information on drug or weapons trafficking is asked to contact Lloydminster RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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