Humboldt Traffic Stop results in drug and weapons charges
On May 30, 2020 at approximately 9:30 p.m. Humboldt RCMP conducted a traffic stop on 6 Avenue in Humboldt in relation to an earlier investigation.
As a result of the traffic stop RCMP seized several items including an amount of methamphetamine (crystal meth), 2 replica firearms, a flip style knife, several pieces of stolen identification, and several pieces of drug paraphernalia.
A 31 year old male from Humboldt was arrested and remanded into custody facing several charges.
The male made his first court appearance in Saskatoon court on Monday June 1st and these matters are now before the courts. The male also had several warrants out for his arrest from Manitoba, and the vehicle involved was seized for 30 days under the Traffic Safety Act.
SK RCMP mark first investigation to be solved by the National Missing Persons DNA Program
The identity of human remains located in Saskatchewan have been identified through the assistance of the National Missing Persons DNA Program (NMPDP)*. The NMPDP is operated by the RCMP and it is a partnership between the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains and the National DNA Data Bank. This is the 6th investigation where human remains have been identified with the assistance of the NMPDP.
On July 24, 2018, partial human remains were located near Maymont, SK. They were located in a remote rural area, a few hundred meters inland from the North Saskatchewan River. The original release can be found here [https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2018/biggar-rcmp-and-rcmp-historical-case-unit-north-human-remains-discovered-biggar-sk].
Biggar RCMP and the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit (HCU) attended the scene. The remains were retrieved with assistance and equipment from the Biggar Fire Department. Over the course of three days, RCMP officers from the RCMP HCU, Forensic Identification Section, Biggar Detachment and an RCMP Forensic Anthropologist all worked together to examine the scene and the riverbanks. The search also involved the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, to take photos of the area.
Investigators developed a DNA profile from the remains and worked with the RCMP’s National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) to have a sample added to the National Missing Persons DNA Program. The DNA profile was then compared against DNA profiles from missing persons and their relatives from across the country by the National DNA Data Bank.
Through the program, the DNA profile was matched to that of Cheyenne Partridge. Cheyenne went missing from Edmonton, Alberta, in 2016.
