RCMP arrested three people in North Battleford following the seizure of weapons and illegal drugs. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

Firearms offences

Drugs, weapons seized during North Battleford arrest

Jul 30, 2021 | 10:27 AM

Battlefords RCMP have arrested and charged three people with multiple offences after they located firearms in a stolen vehicle.

The North Battleford Gang Task Force found the vehicle on the 900 block of 109^th Street Thursday afternoon. Following the occupants arrest, a subsequent search resulted in the seizure of two illegally modified firearms, ammunition, cocaine and methamphetamine.

Twenty-four-year-old Kane Nicotine of North Battleford, 21-year-old Talia Bear of Sweet Grass First Nation and a youth from North Battleford were all charged with possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and multiple firearms offences. Nicotine and Bear were both charged with breach of release order and Nicotine was also charged with failure to comply with probation. The youth, whose name is not being released due to their age, received additional charges for possession of cocaine and methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking.

All three are scheduled to appear in court on August 3.

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The Glaslyn RCMP detachment is investigating a reported theft of a truck on Friday morning.

The stolen truck is a white 1996 Ford F150 with a Saskatchewan license plate of 990-MBQ. This occurred overnight. Police continue seeking the publics’ assistance.

St. Walburg RCMP also received a complaint of a theft today, this instance being a ski-doo trailer. The stolen trailer. reportedly taken from the Town of St. Walburg at some point over the past two weeks, is described as a 2008 Four Place Ski-Doo Trailer with a Saskatchewan license plate of 018-LTW. The theft occurred over the past two weeks.

Both detachments are asking for public assistance. Anyone with information related to either incident can also call 310-RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

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