Cut Knife RCMP: male charged after drugs, weapon seized during search warrant

On the morning of September 18, 2023, Cut Knife RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on Little Pine First Nation as part of an ongoing trafficking investigation.

Officers located and seized an air rifle, ammunition, approximately 6 grams of suspected cocaine, approximately 4 grams of suspected methamphetamine and drug trafficking paraphernalia at the residence. Three adult males were arrested outside the residence without incident.

As a result of investigation, 41-year-old Preston Wahobin from Little Pine First Nation is charged with:

• one count, possession of a firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized, Section 92(3), Criminal Code;

• one count, unsafe storage of a firearm, Section 86(2), Criminal Code;

• one count, fail to comply with release order condition, Section 145(5)(a), Criminal Code;

• two counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking (cocaine and methamphetamine), Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and

• one count, possession of a firearm while prohibited, Section 117.01(3), Criminal Code.

He was scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on September 19, 2023 (Information 904942930.)

The other males were released without charge.

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Critical Incident Response Team and North Battleford General Investigation Section assisted with this investigation.