Yorkton RCMP and Regina Integrated Crime Reduction Team arrest adult male for drug trafficking

June 16, 2020
Yorkton, Saskatchewan

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Officers located and seized 2 ounces of fentanyl, 3 ounces of cocaine, 250 dilaudid pills and 98 hydromorphone pills

On June 14, 2020, officers from the Yorkton RCMP Provincial General Investigation Section (GIS), Yorkton RCMP Detachment, and the Regina Integrated Crime Reduction Team conducted a traffic stop in Yorkton, SK.

As a result of the traffic stop, officers located and seized 2 ounces of fentanyl, 3 ounces of cocaine, 250 dilaudid pills and 98 hydromorphone pills.

Simultaneous to the traffic stop, officers conducted search warrants on two separate residents located on Fifth Avenue N and the other located on Agricultural Avenue in the Yorkton Detachment area. Officers located $7000.00 cash and other evidence of drug trafficking.

49-year-old Danny Mclean from Yorkton, SK, has been charged with the following:

  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Fentanyl, contrary to Sec. 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA);
  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Cocaine, contrary to Sec. 5(2) of the CDSA;
  • Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Hydromorphone, contrary to Sec. 5(2) of the CDSA; and
  • Possession of Proceeds of Crime over $5000.00, contrary to Sec. 354(1)(a), of the Criminal Code.
  • Mclean is scheduled to appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on June 16, 2020.
  • A photo of the seized items is attached.

The investigation is ongoing.

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