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By battlefordsNOW Staff

Police seize conducted energy weapon during traffic stop near Maidstone

Oct 11, 2019 | 4:16 PM

A routine sobriety traffic stop led officers to discover a handheld conducted energy weapon.

On Oct. 10 at around 2:30 p.m., the Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit pulled over a vehicle on Highway 16 near Maidstone.

Officers smelled cannabis during the traffic stop and searched the vehicle. They found a legal amount of cannabis and the driver passed a standard field sobriety test.

However, the member located and seized a handheld conducted energy weapon that belonged to the passenger.

Bethanie Johnson, 20, is charged with possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon.

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