File Photo : “RCMP Report: Guns, Gold Bar, Paintball Gear Seized”

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From unusual items recovered during raids to a smash-and-grab paintball gun heist, here are a few of the items from Saskatchewan RCMP’s weekly report.

SEARCH NETS GOLD BAR

A gold bar was among items recovered by police during June 10 searches of three locations, two in Kindersley and one in the nearby community of Netherhill.

Along with the gold, police allegedly recovered just under 200 grams of cocaine, two loaded guns, ammunition and an imitation gun .

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Investigators later determined the guns had were stolenMay 23 in a break-in at a business in Kindersley; a pickup truck was also stolen in that incident and later found burnt.

A 28-year-old man is facing charges of break-and-enter and vehicle theft, along with weapons offences, a 41-year-old suspect has been charged with weapons offences and a 48-year-old man has been charged with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.

ALLEGED THIEF SEEKS GOOD SAMARITAN

Rosetown RCMP are asking the public for information on a man who was seen June 8 asking passersby for help getting a dark-coloured GMC Sierra out of a slough.

The truck left Highway 15 and got stuck in the slough sometime between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Police were called, but the man was reportedly gone by the time officers got to the scene.

The truck and some of its contents were later found to have been reported stolen in Alberta.

SUSPECTS FLEE INTO SLOUGH

Officers were patrolling Sturgeon Lake First Nation on June 11 when they spotted a truck linked to a wanted man.

Officers tried to pull the truck over but it did not stop. A tire deflation device punctured the vehicle’s front tires, but the truck reportedly kept going on its rims before stopping in a grassy field.

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Three people allegedly.

1. RCMP report incidents involving guns and gold bar
2. RCMP report incidents involving paintball equipment and gold bar.