Editor’s note: RCMP released charges against Staci Bates and Devin Johnstone that were incorrect. This story has been corrected to reflect their proper charges.
Police say they may have had made their first seizure of the drug DMT in the Prince Albert, Sask., and the surrounding area.
On Friday, members of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) executed a Controlled Drug and Substance Act (CDSA) search warrant in Leask, Sask., and arrested three people.
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Officers said they seized 22 grams of meth, drug paraphernalia, numerous electronics and one vehicle as offence-related property.
Twenty-eight individually wrapped pieces, totalling four grams, of a substance believed to be DMT were also seized.
CFSEU officials said DMT, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, is considered a powerful hallucinogenic tryptamine drug and users will mix it with various types of controlled substances, such as meth.
The substance will be sent to Health Canada for analysis.
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Staci Bates, 33, and Devin Johnstone, 25, are facing a charge of possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking. Bates is from Leask and Johnstone hails from Prince Albert.
Blair Mckenzie, 27, from Red River First Nation, was arrested on several outstanding warrants from Prince Albert Police Service. Those warrants include possession of methamphetamine and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
RCMP and CFSEU are reminding people that street drugs are often misrepresented as one thing while being something completely different and mixing them can be deadly.
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