Court Orders New Trial in $4M Drug Bust | Edmonton News

Edmonton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 2m

Two men accused in a $4 million drug bust near Maidstone, Saskatchewan, are headed back to trial after an appeal court overturned their acquittal — a decision that could reshape how police use cellphone data and traffic stops to build cases. Originally cleared because the judge ruled the vehicle search violated Charter rights, the Crown appealed, arguing the officer’s suspicions were objectively reasonable. The Court of Appeal agreed, saying another officer with the same intel would’ve made the same call — and without the drugs being excluded, the case might have ended very differently. The…