A man is facing more than a dozen charges following a drug trafficking investigation by the Regina Police Service (RPS). On May 2 RPS officers executed two separate search warrants. The first took place at a business on the 100 block of Dewdney Avenue. Officers seized two kilograms of methamphetamine, two ounces of cocaine, an ounce of pink cocaine (believed to be cocaine, MDMA and ketamine), $53,670, two .40 calibre handguns, a rifle, a shotgun, ammunition for all the weapons in addition to drug packaging and mobile phones. The second operation took place at a home on the 2000 block of Wallace Street. Officers recovered around two kilograms of methamphetamine, around half a kilogram of fentanyl, six ounces of cocaine, a quarter of an ounce of pink cocaine, a loaded, prohibited 9mm handgun with ammunition, drug packaging, scales, mobile phones and other drug paraphernalia. RPS noted that members of its drug unit as well as SWAT were involved in the two operations. As a result of the investigation, a 25-year-old man has been arrested and faces 15 charges. They include three counts of possessing a scheduled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possessing the proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000, three counts of careless storage of a firearm, five counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a prohibited or restricted firearm and two counts of possessing a loaded or restricted firearm. The accused made his first appearance in provincial court on May 22.
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