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Machete, drugs found in car pulled over for no licence plate

Car driving with licence plate leads Saskatoon police to drugs and machete. File / Global News

SASKATOON – A Saskatoon man is facing drug and weapons charges after police spotted a car driving without a licence plate on Sunday.

Around 5 p.m., police stopped the vehicle in the 700-block of 1st Avenue North.

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As an officer approached the car, the handle of a machete was spotted on the floor.

A 28-year-old man was then detained but further investigation uncovered items consistent with narcotics trafficking.

A small amount of methamphetamine and Oxycontin was found along with drug paraphernalia, cash and cellphones.

He was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday.

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