With the goal of building a safer community, the Regina Police Service often issues advisories about new scams and technology-based crimes. It can be easy to forget that the less-sophisticated methods are still making victims of Regina residents. Some recent cases serve as a reminder that old-fashioned criminals, like pick-pockets, are still out there, plying…
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A weeks-long investigation into the possession/sale of illegal cigarettes has disrupted a criminal enterprise and resulted in charges against the individuals allegedly involved. Two males are facing charges and police have seized more than a million illegal cigarettes. The value of the seizure is estimated to be just over $575,000. This investigation began in early…
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The Regina Police Service is joining other municipal police, the RCMP and the Ministry of Environment in the 2022 Firearm Amnesty Program, from today: March 21st, to April 10, 2022. The program, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police (SACP), offers a proactive approach to the issue of illegal possession and criminal use…
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A 49 year-old male has been charged in connection with a vehicle/cyclist collision yesterday afternoon (Thursday, March 17th) in Regina. (Note: this was described in an earlier news release as a vehicle/pedestrian collision, but the victim was on a bicycle at the time of the collision.) Police were dispatched, at approximately 4:10 p.m. on Thursday,…
DetailsThe Regina Police Service, working in conjunction with the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, is confirming that a death investigation, begun on March 15, 2022, is now a homicide case. This is the third homicide in Regina in 2022. The investigation began when police were dispatched, at approximately 2:40 p.m., on Tuesday March 15, 2022, to the…
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