A Sweetgrass First Nation man guilty of drug trafficking is getting jail time.
Andrew Albert was one of two men charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking in marijuana and possession of the proceeds of crime.
Albert was sentenced in North Battleford provincial court Thursday. He receives six months concurrent on the trafficking charges stemming from July of this year. Albert also received time served of 30 days for simple possession of marijuana and 15 days time served on three other counts running concurrently.
A forfeiture order of articles seized and a weapons prohibition were also imposed. Counsel did not recommend a DNA order this particular case.
Both Albert and a co-accused, Terrance Watson, were arrested and charged following a traffic stop on 101st Street in July.
Police executed a search warrant on a residence on Sweetgrass First Nation later in the day. According to the submission in court Thursday by Albert's defence counsel Don MacKinnon, 563 grams of marijuana was found as well as $170 in proceeds.
Both the Crown and defence made a joint submission in the sentencing, which was accepted by Judge Bruce Bauer.
