A Loaded Handgun From the Driver, Four Weighed Drugs From the Car and Eleven Counts, Eight of Them Weapons Counts: Nipawin/Smeaton RCMP Charge Jered Waddington, 39, After a Traffic Stop at About 4:15 a.m. (October 1, 2026)

The Saskatchewan RCMP says Nipawin/Smeaton RCMP officers conducted a traffic stop in Nipawin, Saskatchewan at approximately 4:15 a.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Officers stopped the vehicle for a licence, registration and sobriety check, saw open alcohol in plain view, determined the driver was impaired and arrested him; the loaded handgun was found during a search of the driver, and the drugs and other items during a search of the vehicle. The seizure was one loaded handgun, ammunition, weapons, 21 grams of cocaine, 4 grams of methamphetamine, 44 grams of hydromorphone, 84 milligrams of fentanyl patches, cash, drug trafficking paraphernalia, identification belonging to other individuals and a wallet previously reported stolen to Nipawin RCMP. Jered Waddington, 39, of Nipawin faces eleven counts under Information #90569136 and appeared in Melfort Provincial Court on October 1, 2026, the same day the release went out. Eight of the eleven counts are weapons counts, and the release does not say which seized item any of them relates to; the four separate substances were seized alongside a single trafficking count, and that count names no drug at all. The release does not say whether Waddington was in custody, and it names and quotes no officer.

Eight Weapons Counts, One Described Weapon

The RCMP publishes one firearm: a loaded handgun. It does not describe it by make, type, calibre or barrel length, does not say whether it is restricted or prohibited, and does not say how much ammunition was with it. The force lays eight weapons counts. It does not say which seized item any of them relates to, and in its own wording and with its own section references they are: unauthorized possession of a firearm, Section 91(1); possession of a firearm when knowing possession unauthorized, Section 92(1); carrying concealed weapon, Section 90(1); possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, Section 88(1); possession of restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without licence/registration, Section 95(1); careless use of a firearm, Section 86(1); possession of a firearm and ammunition in a motor vehicle, Section 94(1); and possession of weapon obtained by crime, Section 96(1).

The count of possession of weapon obtained by crime, Section 96(1), names no weapon. The release does not say which weapon it refers to, whether the handgun or one of the other seized weapons, or what offence it is alleged to have been obtained by. It also does not say whether Waddington was bound by a firearms prohibition order at the time, and no count on the sheet alleges a breach of one.

Four Drugs and a Count That Names None of Them

The drug side of the seizure is itemised by weight: 21 grams of cocaine, 4 grams of methamphetamine, 44 grams of hydromorphone and 84 milligrams of fentanyl patches. Four substances, each weighed, seized alongside drug trafficking paraphernalia.

The force lays one count: possession for the purpose of trafficking – other, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Which of the four substances that count attaches to is not stated. Whether the other three are the subject of any charge at all is not stated. Nothing here says which drug the Crown will say he intended to traffic, because the document does not say.

Why This Sits on the Beat

Nipawin sits outside the primary footprint of this beat; the file belongs on it because a loaded handgun was seized from the driver alongside a count of possession of restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without licence/registration, and because four weighed controlled substances and drug trafficking paraphernalia carry a possession-for-the-purpose-of-trafficking count. No criminal organization is named by the force, and none is alleged here.

The Wallet, the Identification and a Number With Nothing Attached to It

The remaining two counts are operation while impaired (alcohol) of motor vehicle, Section 320.14(1)(a), and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, Section 354(1)(a). The seizure list includes a wallet previously reported stolen to Nipawin RCMP and identification belonging to other individuals, and the force lays no identity-document offence over the wallet or the identification.

Nor does the release identify what the property over $5,000 is. The wallet is described as previously reported stolen but is not valued. The vehicle is not described, valued or said to be stolen. No item on the published list is identified as the property said to be worth more than $5,000, and no inference about which item it is belongs here.

The RCMP release was published on October 1, 2026. Every allegation is the RCMP’s. None of the eleven counts has been tested in court and Waddington is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The RCMP say Nipawin/Smeaton RCMP continue to investigate. No criminal organization, street gang, crime family or outlaw motorcycle club is named by the force on this file, and none is named here. Nipawin sits outside the primary footprint of this beat. The file qualifies on concrete, checkable features named in the release: a loaded handgun seized from the driver alongside a count of possession of restricted firearm/prohibited weapon with ammo without licence/registration, Section 95(1), a count of possession of weapon obtained by crime, Section 96(1), and four weighed controlled substances and drug trafficking paraphernalia carrying a possession-for-the-purpose-of-trafficking count. No publication ban is mentioned in the release.