RCMP are reporting that four people have been charged following a Highway 17 traffic stop north of Lloydminster.
Maidstone RCMP conducted a traffic stop on Sept. 27 that resulted in the seizure of firearms and suspected drugs as well as several charges being laid.
The following people have been charged: Devin Nasby, 36, St. Walburg, SK; Nathan Wolfe, 20, Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation; Derek Weeseekase, 18, Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, and Sloan Ochuschayoo, Big Island Lake Cree Territory,
All four face the following charges: two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, three counts of possession of a firearm without a license, one count of possess a loaded prohibited firearm, three counts of being an occupant of a vehicle knowing there is a firearm, one count of carry a concealed weapon, one count of possession a firearm with ammunition, one count of possession of a prohibited firearm, and one count of Participation or contribution to the activities of a criminal organization. Ochuschayoo also faces two counts of breach of undertaking.
All four that have been remanded to provincial court in Lloydminster, SK, for Monday, October 2, 2017.