On Monday, August 24 at around 9:00 p.m. officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Traffic Services Unit were working in the Wynyard area on Highway 16.
A traffic stop was made on a vehicle for a driver’s licence, vehicle registration and driver sobriety check.
During the traffic stop, officers observed that the lone occupant – a 33-year old female from Fort Saskatchewan Alberta – was in possession of unstamped tobacco. She was subsequently arrested for being in possession of this unregulated product.
During a search of the vehicle, officers located and seized several packs of unstamped tobacco and six kilograms of suspected cocaine.
The female was arrested for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
Charges against her are pending under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and The Tobacco Tax Act, 1998.
