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By Cam Lee

Melfort man arrested

Melfort man charged with drug and weapons offenses

Jan 31, 2020 | 1:30 PM

A Melfort man faces drug and weapons charges after arrests near Wakaw on Thursday.

The Prince Albert Crime Reduction team arrested two males and three females in a vehicle at the Shell Gas Station near Wakaw Jan. 30, as part of an ongoing investigation.

Melfort RCMP and the Prince Albert Integrated Street Enforcement Team also helped execute a search warrant at a home on Stovel Ave. in Melfort.

The arrests and subsequent search yielded 29 grams of suspected methamphetamine, other drug paraphernalia, and a replica handgun.

45 year old Barkley Swenson of Melfort faces charges including possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a weapon while prohibited, and failure to comply with an undertaking.

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Swenson has been remanded into custody, and will appear in Melfort Provincial Court Feb. 6.

He was sentenced to four months in jail in 2018 in a separate case involving possession of stolen property.

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