Police seized firearms and other items after executing a search warrant at a home in Meadow Lake Sunday. (Police handout)
RCMP investigation

Man facing drug and firearm charges in Meadow Lake seizure

Mar 14, 2023 | 3:35 PM

A Meadow Lake man is facing several drug- and firearm-related charges following a search warrant at a home.

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Meadow Lake Crime Reduction Team, assisted by Meadow Lake RCMP, executed a search warrant at a home on the 500 block of Second Street West in Meadow Lake, Sunday. Police found and seized about eight grams of methamphetamine, five grams of cocaine and crack-cocaine, two firearms, ammunition, and other weapons.

RCMP arrested a man at the home.

John Arnold, 29, from Meadow Lake, is charged with possession of a firearm while prohibited; possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition; possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; unsafe storage of a firearm; possession of a firearm/ammunition while prohibited; trafficking (methamphetamine); and possession for the purpose of trafficking.