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Crime

Teen charged after firearms, drugs seized in Lloydminster

Feb 15, 2025 | 2:24 PM

An 18-year-old man is in police custody after guns and drugs were found at home in Lloydminster.

Officers from Lloydminster RCMP and Police Dog Service executed a search warrant at a residence on 49 Avenue as part of a firearms trafficking investigation. There, police seized a shotgun and magazine, along with a small quantity of methamphetamine and unstamped tobacco.

Following their investigation, Zach Gayton of Lloydminster was arrested and charged with weapons trafficking, unsafe storage of firearms, possession of a firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized, and poessesing a forged document.

He is scheduled to appear in Saskatchewan Provincial Court in Lloydminster on Wednesday.