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Three charged after drugs, firearms seized near Lloydminster

Aug 24, 2026 | 4:59 PM

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Lloydminster Crime Reduction Team seized seven illicit substances and three firearms, including a loaded handgun, during a traffic stop near Lloydminster.

On Aug. 18 at about 5 p.m., RCMP received a report of an armed man who was believed to be travelling in a vehicle toward the Lloydminster or Battlefords area.

Members of the Lloydminster Crime Reduction Team located the vehicle on Highway 16 near Lloydminster and conducted a traffic stop. Three occupants were arrested at the scene.

During a search of the vehicle and the three individuals, officers seized approximately:

  • 447 grams of fentanyl;
  • 761 grams of cocaine;
  • 85 grams of methamphetamine;
  • 226 grams of psilocybin;
  • 700 millilitres of gamma hydroxybutyrate;
  • 2,627 pharmaceutical-style oxycodone pills; and
  • 441 pharmaceutical-style Xanax pills.

Police also seized three firearms, including a loaded handgun, three loaded firearm magazines and almost 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

Further investigation determined one of the occupants had removed a court-ordered electronic monitoring device earlier that day.

As a result, 28-year-old Omar Cristiano Caceres of Bonnyville, Alta., 26-year-old Zanielle Demarais of Lloydminster, Sask., and 30-year-old Kevin Kahmahkotayo of Lloydminster, Sask., each face:

  • three counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose;
  • three counts of possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle;
  • one count of possession of a restricted firearm or prohibited weapon with ammunition without a licence or registration;
  • one count of possession of a firearm with a tampered serial number; and
  • seven counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Caceres also faces six counts of weapons possession contrary to an order, five counts of possession of a prohibited weapon while knowing possession was unauthorized and one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. He was also arrested for breaching a conditional sentence order.

Kahmahkotayo additionally faces one count of failing to comply with a release order condition and five counts of possession of a prohibited weapon while knowing possession was unauthorized.

Demarais additionally faces five counts of possession of a firearm while knowing possession was unauthorized.

All three appeared in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Aug. 20.

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