Speeding stop in Saskatchewan ends with drug bust

A speeding stop by police in Saskatchewan ended with a drug bust.

Wilkie RCMP officers initially stopped a driver on July 24 for speeding on Highway 14 east of Unity.

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Victor Mosquera, 19, was arrested after officers discovered he was breaching a conditional sentence and undertaking.

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Police say they turned up several individual bags of cocaine, along with cash and a cell phone during a search of his vehicle.

Mosquera, who is from Hepburn, has been charged with trafficking, possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

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He is also facing three counts of failing to comply with an undertaking.

Mosquera remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in North Battleford provincial court this week.