A member of the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Roving Traffic Unit was working near Herbert. The member stopped an eastbound vehicle for having tinted windows and tinted taillights on Friday, October 2 at around 6:30 p.m.
During the traffic stop, the officer found the lone male occupant in possession of a pack of unstamped tobacco.
Andrew Jay Anderson, 35-years-old of Regina, was subsequently arrested by the officer for possessing the unregulated tobacco.
A search of the vehicle incidental to Anderson’s arrest resulted in the seizure of half a kilogram of methamphetamine, 18 individual half-gram bags of suspected cocaine, approximately $1,600 in Canadian currency, brass knuckles, a taser and a collapsible baton.
Anderson was charged with the following offences: possession of unstamped tobacco – Sec. 32(1) of the Excise Act, 2001 and Sections 27(2) and 27(5) of The Tobacco Tax Act, 1998; possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking – Sec. 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking – Sec. 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; three counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose – Sec. 88 of the Criminal Code; three counts of carrying a concealed weapon – Sec. 90 of the Criminal Code.
Anderson appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Swift Current on October 3.
Anderson was released on a release order.
He’s scheduled to make his first court appearance in Swift Current Provincial Court on Wednesday, December 9 at 9:30 a.m.
