Saskatoon pharmacist charged with drug trafficking: investigation

A Saskatoon Police Investigation proved 24,000 narcotics have gone missing from a Saskatoon pharmacy between September 2022 and January 2023.

The Saskatoon Police Service finished an investigation into a pharmacy in the 900 block of Northumberland Avenue and a residence in the 1000 block of Schuyler Street.

Two vehicles were also searched.

Police seized over 700 oxycodone pills in a search on Jan. 9, 2023, in connection with a Saskatoon pharmacist.

Later, police found pharmacy records, opiods, dextroamphetamine, dilaudid, a coffee grinder covered in white power, and labels from pill bottles. A firearm was also recovered.

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The pharmacist, a 41-year-old woman, was charged with:

• drug trafficking
• obstruction
• unsafe storage of a firearm
• failure to hold a firearm licence

A 46-year-old Saskatoon man was arrested Feb. 28 and faces the same charges.

The Saskatoon Police Drug Unit was assisted by the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals in the investigation.

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