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PAPS asking residents to be vigilant of phone fraudsters

PAPS asking residents to be vigilant of phone fraudsters

The Prince Albert Police Service would like to remind residents to take caution when providing personal financial information or sending money over the phone. There have been a few reports of residents receiving fraudulent calls from callers lately pretending to be government organizations in attempts to gain personal information and money in the scams. The police want to remind people that the CRA and other government organizations will not call you directly to ask you to send money to them over th ...

Trafficking methamphetamine

Trafficking methamphetamine

Two suspects trafficking meth in Prince Albert put behind bars yesterday. File #18-19944: Trafficking methamphetamine On June 26, 2018, at 4:34 p.m. the Prince Albert Integrated Street Enforcement Team located a suspect male wanted for trafficking methamphetamine and set up a police containment at a business on Marquis Road and 5th Avenue East. The male suspect was arrested without incident in the store. Officers also arrested a female suspect that was in a waiting vehicle. The vehicle was search ...

Possession of weapons charges

Possession of weapons charges

File # 2018-19847: Possession/Carrying/Concealed Weapons On June 25, 2018 at 9:30 p.m. PAPS attended to a business in the Cornerstone Shopping District on a report of a male threatening people with a knife and then had locked himself in the bathroom. Officers arrived on scene and arrested the male without incident. Two large knives were retrieved from the washroom. A 31-year-old male from Prince Albert is charged with possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public peace and breach o ...

Three youth in police custody

Three youth in police custody

Three youth that had escaped from custody of the Prince Albert Youth Residence Thursday night are in police custody. The Prince Albert Police Service was dispatched to the facility at approximately 9:18 p.m. on June 21, 2018 on a report of a guard being assaulted at the facility and the three youth then fleeing custody. The three youth were located and arrested by the Prince Albert Police Service in three separate incidents. The three 17-year-old male youth are facing assault charges and escape f ...

Weekend Update - June 25, 2018

Weekend Update – June 25, 2018

Prince Albert Police Service had a busy weekend, responding to 310 calls for service between Friday evening and Monday morning. Officers made 50 arrests. The top calls for service were 55 intoxicated persons and 36 disturbance calls. File #19632: Stolen Vehicles Recovered Police recovered a stolen truck, trailer, two sea-doos, an ATV, and a BBQ during a traffic stop early Sunday morning. At approximately 2:36 a.m. on Sunday, June 24, Patrol members observed a suspicious truck pulling two sea-doo ...

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