A joint drug investigation between the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Unit, Yorkton Provincial General Investigation Section, Yorkton Rural RCMP and Yorkton Traffic Services has wrapped up with drug charges being laid against a Yorkton resident.
On May 1, 2013, an investigation lead to a vehicle stop on Highway 16 near Theodore, Saskatchewan by the Yorkton Rural RCMP and Yorkton Traffic Services. Police seized approximately 21 pounds of marijuana from inside the vehicle along with drug paraphernalia.
The driver, Clark Protz. has been charged with one count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Protz has been released before a Justice of the Peace on conditions to appear in Yorkton Court on June 24, 2013.
