By Kellah Lavoie

Police make arrests after five month investigation

Apr 29, 2011 | 11:47 AM

Prince Albert police and RCMP are wrapping up a five month drug investigation.

Member of the Integrated Street Enforcement Team (ISET) team charged 21 adults and one youth with more than 100 charges. They worked with the Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, Prince Albert and RCMP General Investigation Section and Prince Albert Police Service to execute seven search warrants between Tuesday and Thursday.

The investigation was targeting street-level drug enforcement and dealers, said Sgt. Kelly McLean, with the Prince Albert Police Service.

They seized numerous drugs including 53 grams of cocaine, five pounds of marijuana, prescription pills and a small amount of Ecstasy. They also seized three vehicles and shut down three houses where drugs were being sold.

“These co-operative efforts work and that we’re sending a clear message to those that choose to deal drugs in the community of Prince Albert and in Northern Saskatchewan,” McLean said.

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“The message is that this is unacceptable behaviour. It is unacceptable to people who choose to live, work and raise their families in our part of the world.”

This is just the start for police. They plan to keep the pressure on street level and McLean said that have the tools to do that.

Insp. Jay McInnis, RCMP Northern District Operations Saskatchewan, said it is important to work with police because the crime spreads from the city to areas that are RCMP jurisdiction.

“Focused solely in Prince Albert, it would be fool-hearted for us to believe some were not destined for our northern communities,” he said.

“The negative impact drugs and alcohol have on our northern communities is significant.”

He called the impact of the bust positive for many communities, not just Prince Albert.

“Our investigators have learned and found out over time that centres large enough like Prince Albert are usually distribution points for smaller communities, especially Northern Saskatchewan, just by geographic location alone,” McInnis said.

The goals for investigations by ISET are to make safe communities, said Insp. Kelly Stienwand, with criminal investigations.

He acknowledged that much of the time people arrested in Prince Albert are not from Prince Albert, even though in this instance they were from the city.

“We are sending out a message to our communities that street gang activities, criminal drug activists are defiantly at the heart of criminal environments and we are not standing for that,” he said.

Police and RCMP are still finished the investigation and plan to lay more charges and shut down more residences in the coming weeks.

The 21 adults charged:

Robert Melvin Fiddler, 48 – Prince Albert
Darren Edward Martin, 43 -Prince Albert
Duane Robert Sauvé, 20 – Prince Albert
Nathan Creed Greyeyes, 21 – Prince Albert
Cody Goodwin Greyeyes, 34 – Prince Albert
Emily Duquette, 50 – Mistawasis First Nation
Allan David McCallum, 51 – Mistawasis First Nation
Douglas William Fowler, 46 – Prince Albert
Brent Tyrone Fizzard, 26 – Prince Albert
Shantelle Kelly Fizzard, 22 – Prince Albert
Scott Andrew Yeomans, 21 – Prince Albert
Kyle Short, 20 – Prince Albert
Dennis Ross, 56 – Prince Albert
Mandy Marie Fiddler, 48 – Prince Albert
Daniel Bryan Evans, 23 – Prince Albert
Cory Meredith, 29 – Prince Albert
Gweneth Starblanket, 65 – Prince Albert
Chester Ahenakew, 25 – Prince Albert
Andre Jean, 42 – Debden
Stephanie Jane Charolette, 32 – Debden
James Whitedeer, 21 – Prince Albert

klavoie@panow.com