By Sarah Mills/CJME News Staff

Sask. police target drug traffickers; lay hundreds of charges

Dec 21, 2016 | 6:42 AM

The RCMP and Regina Police Service (RPS) joined forces over the past three months in a massive operation to target drug traffickers.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) of Saskatchewan specifically investigated criminals from out of province who sold drugs, and often brought weapons with them.

“We set out to target the proliferation of drug trafficking in and around Regina, along with the weapons and shootings that so often go along with the illegal drug trade,” RCMP Inspector Rob Thorarinson explained.

As a result, 60 arrests were made and 443 charges laid ranging from trafficking in controlled substances, to possession of stolen property, to multiple weapons offences.

“A lot of these individuals arm themselves so a focused attention on drug activity in the city also rebounds into them having weapons and removing those weapons keeps the city safer,” RPS Inspector Darch Koch said.

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Throughout the course of the investigation, police seized 1,700 g of cocaine, 600 g of methamphetamine, 200 g of marijuana along with small amounts of ecstasy and cocaine.

Over $40,000 worth of stolen property was seized, 11 firearms, five sawed off long guns and six hand guns.

The CFSEU works out of Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.

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by Sarah Mills/CJME News Staff

Sask. police target drug traffickers; lay hundreds of charges

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