Two people are facing weapons-related charges after the RCMP stopped a vehicle Sunday near Shellbrook.
In a media release Wednesday, the Mounties said members of the Provincial Crime Reduction Team conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle turning onto a dirt road Sunday at about 3 p.m.
After pulling over the vehicle, the officers became suspicious of the occupants and started a firearms and weapons possession investigation. A search was done and officers found two modified firearms, bear spray, several knives, drug paraphernalia and ammunition.
A 36-year-old man from Beauval was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited firearm without authorization, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, failure to comply with a firearms prohibition, possession of ammunition while prohibited and failure to comply with an undertaking.
A 20-year-old woman from the Shellbrook area was charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited firearm without authorization, and possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle.
The third person in the vehicle, a 39-year-old man from Saskatoon, was given a traffic ticket for driving without a licence.