On August 20, 2024 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Yorkton Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT) executed search warrants at a business and a vehicle in Yorkton, SK as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
At the scenes of the two search warrants, officers located and seized approximately 373 grams of cocaine, approximately 70 grams of fentanyl, approximately 544 grams of methamphetamine, a large sum of cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
An adult male was arrested at the business without incident.
22-year-old Chaitanya Parashar from Scarborough, ON is charged with:
- three counts, possession for the purpose of trafficking, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and
- one count, possession of property obtained by crime over $5000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code.
Chaitanya Parashar is scheduled to appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on August 21, 2024.