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Warnecke, 39, now has a warrant out for his arrest. He will be charged with numerous possession and trafficking related charges, as well as laundering the proceeds of crime, according to a police press release Wednesday. Potter, 31, is also wanted and has a warrant for her arrest. She is facing similar charges to Warnecke.

Warnecke was accessible by phone on Wednesday afternoon, minutes after the police issued their release. He said he was meeting with his lawyer and was arranging to go to police headquarters on Thursday morning.

“We’re going to be going in there to turn ourselves in,” he said. “They didn’t tell us we had a warrant yet.”

Warnecke said he and Potter have been in British Columbia since last week, where he is hoping to move.

“I just got back to Regina,” said Warnecke on Wednesday. He claimed that he has kept police informed about his movements through his lawyer.

“Something sounds a little funny, they’re kind of blowing it up a little more than it is, because our lawyer’s been dealing with it,” he said. “They knew exactly where we were… This is definitely a strong-arm tactic.”

But police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich said she has no way of verifying Warnecke’s claims about his lawyer. She reiterated that police were not able to locate him and Potter.

“We’ve made numerous attempts to locate and arrest them so that they can be placed before the courts,” she said. “After those unsuccessful attempts, as we do with other suspects, we requested a warrant for an arrest and that warrant was granted.”