A 45-year-old Melfort man is facing drug and weapons charges after being arrested in Wakaw.

RCMP say Barkley Swenson was among the two men and three women taken into custody Thursday by the Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team at a service station.

Prince Albert police and Melfort RCMP officers then searched a Stovel Avenue residence in Melfort.

Police say they recovered close to 30 grams of suspected methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a replica handgun.

Swenson appears in Melfort Provincial Court on February 6th.