WILKIE – July 24 at 2:27 a.m., Wilkie RCMP stopped a westbound vehicle for a speeding offence on Highway 14 east of Unity. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was found to be on a conditional sentence order and undertaking and was breaching his release conditions. He was subsequently arrested.
During the investigation, it was discovered that the driver had drugs in his vehicle. The driver was then arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
A search of the vehicle incidental to the driver's arrest resulted in several individual baggies of powdered cocaine being seized as well as a quantity of Canadian currency and a cellular phone.
Victor Mosquera, a 19-year-old man from Hepburn is charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 and three counts of failing to comply with an undertaking.
Mosquera was remanded in custody and will make his next court appearance this week in North Battleford Provincial Court.
