Prince Albert Daily Herald
Joint investigation spanned from Saskatoon to Bjorkdale
Police seized drugs and guns, including suspected fentanyl, in an investigation spanning from Saskatoon to Bjorkdale on April 26. 2021. (Submitted photo)
Police officers from Saskatoon, Melfort, Tisdale and Prince Albert teamed up to seize hundreds of doses of street drugs Monday.
According to a press release, the Saskatoon Integrated Crime Reduction Team, the RCMP Prince Albert gang Task Force and Melfort and Tisdale RCMP detachments learned about the presence of large quantities of drugs in the area in March. They started a project based on information gathered by the RCMP, Saskatoon Police and Crime Stoppers.
By Carol Thomson
Apr 28, 2021 4:10 PM
A significant quantity of drugs is off the streets in Saskatchewan after an investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Crime Reduction Team, the Prince Albert Gang Task Force and the Melfort and Tisdale RCMP Detachment. RCMP Sgt. Kory Davidsen from the Saskatoon ICRT says the amount of drugs works out to over 4,000 individual sales of meth, 992 individual sales of cocaine and over 3,000 street level sales of Fentanyl. It’s expected the seizure will have a significant impact on the communities surrounding Melfort, Tisdale and the Cities of Saskatoon and Prince Albert.
RCMP say on April 26th, the Saskatoon Police Tactical Support Unit, under the direction of the investigative team, conducted a vehicle stop outside of the city on Highway 7 near Township Road 340. It’s alleged the driver from Bjorkdale was found with significant quantities of meth, Fentanyl, cocaine, and related drug paraphernalia. A search warrant was executed at a hom