Two adult males are facing drug trafficking and weapons charges after Saskatchewan RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence in Swift Current, SK.
On December 23, 2024 at approximately 11:45 a.m., officers from the Saskatchewan RCMP's Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team (STRT), Critical Incident Response Team, Police Dog Services, Swift Current General Investigation Section (GIS) and Swift Current Detachment executed a search warrant at a residence on 10th Avenue NW in Swift Current.
Two adult males were arrested at the scene. While searching the residence, officers located and seized two replica firearms, two edged weapons, 36 grams of cocaine, a sum of cash and additional evidence of drug trafficking.
As a result of investigation, 61-year-old Anthony Clark and 62-year-old Charles Johnston, both of Swift Current, have each been charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code; and
- one count, possession of the proceeds of crime under $5,000, Section 354(1), Criminal Code.
Anthony Clark and Charles Johnston will make their first court appearance in Swift Current Provincial Court on February 12, 2025.