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Two men face charges after Saskatoon police seized more than $70,000 in cash accumulated through an estimated 2,000 drug transactions.

The arrests were made Wednesday after an investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team. Officers conducted a vehicle stop around 1:45 p.m. near 27th Street and Avenue L North after witnessing “occupants of a vehicle whose activity was consistent with drug trafficking,” police said in a news release.

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A man and woman were taken into custody. The woman was later released without charges. A search warrant was then executed around 8 p.m. at an apartment in the 200 block of Heath Avenue, where police seized more than $70,000 and 31.6 grams of cocaine. The second man was taken into custody at the apartment.

A 31-year-old man faces charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine, trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000 and breach of recognizance. A 36-year-old man is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000 and two counts of breach of recognizance.