CARLYLE - A recent traffic stop in southeast Saskatchewan resulted in drug and firearm charges against three people.
According to information released by the Saskatchewan RCMP on Monday, Carlyle RCMP were conducting proactive patrols on June 9 at approximately 9:45 p.m., and performed a traffic stop on Highway 9 south of Kenosee Lake.
An investigation determined the vehicle was not registered. Further investigation showed the driver of the vehicle was wanted on a warrant from the Ponteix RCMP for a January livestock-related fraud.
The investigation continued, and officers located and seized approximately 25 grams of cocaine, approximately eight grams of methamphetamine, ammunition, a compound bow, a sword and drug trafficking paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Two men and a woman were arrested at the scene.
Mathew Lowry, age 20, Hayleigh Neumann, 18, and Zachary Hillis, 31, all from Carnduff, are charged with one count each of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine and possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and one count of possession of a firearm/prohibited weapon when knowing possession was unauthorized under the Criminal Code.
Hillis was also arrested on his outstanding warrant.
Lowry, Neumann and Hillis are scheduled to appear in Weyburn Provincial Court on July 24.
The charges have not been proven in court.
