An Estevan man is facing numerous charges, following a cocaine trafficking investigation by the Estevan Police Service’s Drug/Intelligence Unit.
Plainclothes officers arrested the man outside of a convenience store near downtown Estevan on Friday afternoon at about 1:30 p.m. He was apprehended without incident.
A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of cocaine, psilocybin, six knives, a miniature metal bat and approximately $1,300 in cash. The vehicle he was operating was also seized as offence-related property.
A search warrant was then executed at his residence in northeast Estevan. Additional cocaine was seized, along with marijuana, eight rifles, ammunition, a machete and other items used for the sale and distribution of cocaine.
He was not authorized to possess any firearms, plus the firearms were not stored according to federal regulation standards.
Darby Allen Pick, 56, was charged with trafficking cocaine, possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, possession of psilocybin and possession of marijuana under 30 grams under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
He was also charged with possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, possession of weapons for a purpose dangerous to the public, possession of firearms without being the holder of a licence, and unlawfully storing firearms in a careless manner under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Pick appeared in front of a justice of the peace on June 30. He will make his first appearance in court on Aug. 13 in Estevan.
