La Ronge RCMP seize 425 grams of cocaine, handgun
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La Ronge RCMP seized hundreds of grams of cocaine last week.
That’s according to an RCMP weekly update, which states on June 19 at approximately 9:10 a.m., police received a report of a break-and-enter. An investigation determined two males entered a residence and assaulted the occupants. No one reported serious injuries.
It notes officers identified two suspects and observed them in a vehicle in La Ronge on June 20. The vehicle was stopped and officers located and seized a loaded handgun, approximately 425 grams of cocaine, along with drug trafficking paraphernalia. Five occupants of the vehicle were arrested.
As a result of an investigation into the traffic stop, Wolfgang McKenzie, 34, from La Ronge, Chad Bird, 30, from La Ronge, Nelson Okoth, 20, of Etobicoke, ON, Arafat Mousa, 34, from Brampton, ON, and Tara Ratt, 30, from La Ronge, are each charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking and several firearm-related offences.
