On August 7, 2025, Saskatchewan RCMP officers with the Prince Albert Crime Reduction Team (CRT) located two individuals in a parked vehicle in a parking lot of Martensville, SK as part of a drug trafficking investigation, where potential illicit drugs were destined for the Spiritwood area.
Officers arrested an adult female and adult male. While searching the vehicle, officers located and seized approximately 891 grams of cocaine, 629 grams of methamphetamine, 55 grams of crack cocaine, $7,990 in cash, a conducted energy weapon, an expandable baton, and other evidence of drug trafficking.
As a result of investigation, 45-year-old Arlene Sakebow of Saskatoon and 55-year-old Leon Clay of Pelican Lake First Nation are each charged with:
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking – methamphetamine, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
- one count of possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, Section 88(1), Criminal Code;
- one count, possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code; and
- one count possession of a prohibited weapon when knowing possession unauthorized, Section 92(2), Criminal Code.
Arlene Sakebow and Leon Clay made their first appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court on August 11, 2025 (Information #90500231).
