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Saskatoon police Guns & Gangs Unit arrests couple with loaded handgun

The man was wanted on 23 charges at the time and police believed he had a firearm.
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Police found a loaded 9mm handgun in the vehicle.

SASKATOON – With help from the Saskatoon Police Service Air Support and Crime Reduction Units, the Guns and Gang Unit arrested a man and woman who had a loaded 9mm handgun on them in a vehicle.

The man was wanted on 23 charges at the time and police believed he had a firearm when they located him. On Dec. 20, around 6:45 p.m., Saskatoon police took the enforcement action on the wanted man, who was in a parked vehicle in the 200 block of Primrose Drive.

The 36-year-old man was previously charged with three counts of possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, three counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, impaired driving, drug trafficking, and other charges.

He was additionally charged with several firearms-related offences.

A 23-year-old woman was also arrested in the vehicle. She faces firearms-related offences. She was found to be in breach of her probation.

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