Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
The Saskatchewan RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime Unit North (FSOC-N) seized more than two kilograms of drugs from a house in Osler on Wednesday.
Officers executed a search warrant and found 1,448 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 476 grams of suspected cocaine, 278 grams of suspected fentanyl, and equipment consistent with drug trafficking. Police also discovered $4,445 in Canadian money, a .32-calibre handgun and ammunition.
According to the Mounties, the fentanyl could have been broken down into more than 1,000 individual doses.
“Fentanyl is odorless and tasteless, and therefore hard to detect,” the RCMP said in a release. “A lethal dose of pure fentanyl is potentially less than two milligrams — that is equivalent to about two grains of salt.”
A 28-year-old man from Osler was charged with three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000, and three firearms-related offences.
“The presence of illicit drugs and fatal overdoses are occurring in small towns and rural areas — this is not strictly a big-city issue,” Staff Sgt. Jason Kerr of the FSOC-N said in the release. “Anyone can feel the dangerous impact of drugs when it reaches their community.”
Osler is about 28 kilometres north of Saskatoon.
