Daily Herald Staff
Four individuals are facing drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop in Air Ronge.
In the early morning hours of April 25, officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP La Ronge Crime Reduction Team (CRT) initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling on Highway 2 in Air Ronge.
As a result of investigation, officers located and seized a conducted energy weapon from an occupant in the vehicle.
Officers then observed bear spray in the vehicle.
Four occupants of the vehicle were then arrested. Officers arranged for a child under the age of five in the vehicle to be safely picked up by a family member.
During subsequent searches of the individuals arrested and the vehicle, officers located and seized a prohibited firearm, 125 grams of crack cocaine, 14.5 grams of methamphetamine, 11.4 grams of a substance believed to be a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl, and additional drug trafficking paraphernalia.
As a result of investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP La Ronge CRT and La Ronge Detachment, the two adult males and two adult females are facing multiple charges.
Aaron McKenzie, a 23-year-old male; Darcel Fourstar, a 36-year-old male; Bridget Starblanket, a 23-year-old female; and Kamika Riese, a 26-year-old female, all from La Ronge, are each charged with: three counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking,two counts, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, one count, unauthorized possession of a firearm and one count, possession of a firearm in motor vehicle.
McKenzie faces an additional one count, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, one count, carry a concealed weapon, and one count, possession of a prohibited weapon.
Starblanket faces an additional one count, possession contrary to order and two counts, fail to comply with probation order.
Riese faces an additional one count, possession contrary to order.
McKenzie, Fourstar, Starblanket and Riese appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court on April 28.
