SASKATOON — Members of the Saskatoon Police Service's Crime Reduction Team have concluded a week long investigation into fentanyl trafficking activities of a 25-year-old woman in the City Park area.
Tactical Support Unit members, just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, apprehended the 25-year-old woman without any incident near a business in the 1200 block of Avenue 7th North.
The woman was found in possession of .26 grams of fentanyl and $100 cash. Loose fentanyl powder was also located in the vehicle along with bear mace and an airsoft pistol.
Police, during their investigation, observed that the woman engaged in activity consistent with drug trafficking.
A search warrant was then executed at residences in the 600 block of 7th Avenue North.
Evidence seized from the search warrant include the following:
- 391 grams of fentanyl in bulk form, hidden inside a teddy bear, within a Canada Post package
- 10 grams of methamphetamine
- 25 additional grams of fentanyl packaged for street level trafficking
- 30 suspected ecstasy pills
- Packaging material and a digital scale consistent with drug trafficking
- Three BB handguns
- Ammunition
- 430 grams of cutting agent
- A 2013 GMC Acadia was seized as offence related property.
The 25-year-old woman is facing charges of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Fentanyl), Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking x 2 (Fentanyl and Methamphetamine), Possession of Proceeds of Crime, Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public Peace (x2) and Carrying a Concealed Weapon.
The total seizure of fentanyl in this investigation was 415.04 grams. SPS believes this is a significant seizure of fentanyl, as it prevents hundreds of single doses of fentanyl from entering our community.
This single, one-week, investigation protects citizens from hundreds of potential overdoses as the use of fentanyl is highly dangerous.
The Crime Reduction Team is funded by the Government of Saskatchewan through the Ministry of Justice, Corrections and Policing.
