A 63-year-old man from Rosetown, Sask. is facing numerous charges after RCMP seized a sword and other weapons during a traffic stop on July 12. According to an RCMP news release, officers received a report of a suspicious man believed to be armed in a parked truck outside a business in Rosetown shortly after 9 a.m. Police located the truck on Highway 4 before it sped away at a high rate of speed, heading south. Officers then located the truck on an approach about 11 kilometres north of Elrose, Sask. where the man was arrested without further incident. While searching the vehicle, police seized a small sword, bat and a weapon officers initially believed to be a firearm. Further investigation determined it to be a BB gun that resembled a pistol. “After a closer look, investigators determined the weapon to be a BB gun that resembled a pistol, making it impossible for citizens and police to distinguish the difference between the two types of guns from afar,” RCMP said in the release. The man is facing charges that include dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, unauthorized possession of a prohibited/restricted weapon and flight from police. He made his first court appearance in Saskatoon on Monday, RCMP said.
