Weapons charges follow fight at motel in Central Industrial

A 19-year-old man is facing weapons charges after he was found in possession of a firearm on March 31.

Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release on April 1, officers were called to the Central Industrial neighbourhood around 7:30 a.m. on Monday after receiving reports of a disturbance at a motel in the 600 block of Idylwyld Drive North.

When they arrived, police said the man had a sawed-off firearm and refused to obey an officer’s commands. SPS said that “a physical altercation” happened before he was eventually arrested.

The man is facing “numerous weapons-related offences,” police said.

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