Saskatchewan RCMP has charged two men after seizing cocaine and weapons in Lloydminster.

As part of an ongoing investigation, on Monday, RCMP executed a search warrant at a business and an apartment in Lloydminster.

Officers located and seized approximately 20 grams of cocaine, a sum of cash, three firearms, ammunition, a conducted energy device, a baton and IDs that did not belong to the occupants of the apartment/business.

Two men were arrested in Kitscoty, Alberta. RCMP also allege the two were providing security services under the company name ‘Tribal Land Division Incorporated’ and/or ‘Tribal Land Enforcement Division’ without a license.

Twenty-five-year-old Carlietto Santoro and 30-year-old Darwin Fernandez Quispe, both from Edmonton, are each facing more than a half dozen charges which includes weapons and drug offences as well as acting as a security guard without a license and Santoro is facing the additional charge of providing security guard service without a license.

Saskatchewan RCMP’s Onion Lake RCMP, Lloydminster Crime Reduction Team, North Battleford Crime Reduction Team, Lloydminster Saskatchewan Trafficking Response Team and Battlefords Provincial General Investigation Section assisted in this ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information relevant to the investigation is asked to contact Saskatchewan RCMP at 310-RCMP. Information can also be submitted anonymously by contacting Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers.