Police officers arrested six people and seized drugs, weapons and four vehicles at the conclusion of a two-month investigation into what police called “high level drug traffickers in Saskatoon.”
According to the Saskatoon Police Service, officers searched homes on Dutchess Street, Wollaston Crescent, 22nd Street West and Herold Road on Wednesday.
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Police seized 106 grams of cocaine, 6.25 grams of psilocybin, 19 Xanax bars and $46,470 in cash, along with a canister of bear mace, four Airsoft handguns and drug paraphernalia. Officers also seized a 2017 Nissan Altima, a 2007 Buick Allure, a 2012 Subaru Impreza and a 2017 Nissan Maxima.
The six people who were arrested – ranging in age from 19 to 29 – are each facing “a variety of drug trafficking charges in relation to cocaine trafficking,” the police service said in a statement.