Lloydminster RCMP detachment. (File photo/battlefordsNOW)

By battlefordsNOW staff

BUSTED

Unlicensed security operation linked to drug, weapons charges in Lloydminster

Dec 19, 2025 | 9:03 AM

Saskatchewan RCMP say two Edmonton men are facing several charges after officers seized cocaine, firearms and other weapons during an investigation in Lloydminster.

Police said a search warrant was executed Dec. 15 at a business and apartment in the city as part of an ongoing investigation.

Officers found about 20 grams of cocaine, cash, three firearms, ammunition, a conducted energy weapon, a baton and identification that did not belong to the occupants.

Two men were later arrested in Kitscoty, Alta., and police allege the individuals had been providing unlicensed security services under the names Tribal Land Division Incorporated and Tribal Land Enforcement Division.

As a result, 25-year-old Carlietto Santoro and 30-year-old Darwin Fernandez Quispe are each charged with possession of cocaine, weapons trafficking, unauthorized possession of a prohibited weapon, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, illegal possession of government documents and working as a security guard without a licence.

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Santoro faces an additional charge of providing security services without a licence.

Both accused are scheduled to appear in Lloydminster provincial court on Jan. 21.

RCMP said officers from Onion Lake, the Lloydminster and North Battleford Crime Reduction Teams, the Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team and the Battlefords General Investigation Section assisted in the investigation.

Anyone with information relevant to this case is advised to report it to Saskatchewan RCMP at 310-RCMP. Information can also be submitted anonymously by contacting Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.

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