Traffic stop leads to arrest of five people for possessing illegal firearms

Mar 30, 2023 | 12:22 PM

Five people are facing over 20 charges after RCMP found illegal guns in their vehicle.

On Wednesday, North Battleford RCMP stopped a vehicle on the Highway 16 overpass in the city for a minor infraction.

When officers searched the vehicle, they found two semi-automatic .22 calibre rifles, one being an assault-style rifle and the other being sawed-off, making the rifle prohibited to possess.

The five people inside the vehicle were eventually arrested.

Trevor Auger, 19, of Edmonton; Brook Swiftwolfe, 20, of North Battleford; Ayla Anderson, 19, of Edmonton; Darcy Cattleman, 23, of Calgary, and Earl Swiftwolfe, 24, of Moosomin First Nation now face over a dozen charges combined including unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited weapon, and resisting a police officer.