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By Derek Craddock

POLICE UPDATE

Police receive 428 calls during Thanksgiving long weekend

Oct 12, 2021 | 2:28 PM

Prince Albert police say they responded to over 400 calls this Thanksgiving long weekend.

The exact number was 428 calls, with 36 arrests according to a weekend update from police.

In the update, police also provided details on three separate crimes from the long weekend.

In one case, police responded to a property near Second Ave. and 15th St. West early Monday morning. Officers were called to reports that a woman was in a vehicle carrying bear mace. Police found the vehicle around 10th St. and Third Ave. East just after 2:30 a.m. Officers also found a sawed-off rifle and ammunition.

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A 25-year-old woman from Prince Albert was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon while a 24-year-old man faces numerous firearms charges, including possession of a loaded firearm and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Four people were also charged with firearms offences after police stopped a vehicle at 24th St. and Second Ave. West around 3:00 a.m. Saturday. Police found several loaded firearms, a replica firearm, a knife, and ammunition.

A 22-year-old man and 23-year-old woman from Prince Albert along with a 27-year-old man from Nipawin and a 31-year-old woman from Pakwaw Lake were charged.

Finally, police charged a woman after allegedly attempting to steal items from a local business and threatened staff with scissors. The woman reportedly assaulted one of the staff members during the incident on Saturday night. A 26-year-old woman was charged with assault with a weapon and breach of court order.

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